At 1:12 PM -0700 6/9/2009, Josh Keady wrote: >On Jun 9, 7:25 am, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > OS X is NOT "intel only". It builds nicely for a number of architectures. > >It builds nicely, the core, but it's not as simple as just clicking >Build and having the OS all ready to go, surely you know that. You >can compile Darwin for several different architectures but the Mac >OS it doesn't make.
I never said anything about the released Darwin code. The subject is the full OS, as built by Apple internally. >How is this a marketing move? They want that lucrative Power PC- >owning market share? Or new users will say "Phew, thank God they >don't support that crusty old PPC hardware anymore, I'm finally ready >to buy?" It just does not make enough sense for them ton continue >developing on the Power PC side. It doesn't. Screwing existing customers is always a good way to make them buy you're latest offering. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
