At 3:16 AM -0700 9/1/2009, Kshitij Rajkumar wrote: > > There are MILLIONS of PowerPC based Macs still in service. As long >> as XCode can produce Universal binaries WHY would anyone want to cut >> off that much of their userbase? Reducing userbase == lower income. > >agreed but on the other hand, a particular company will look at how >much rev loss there will be, how much cost will they save.
Of course. It's always a balancing act. WRT support costs tho, the ppc userbase is older and already past the big initial/heavier support need, so they're easy money for upgrades. >Apple as such, themselves will stop i guess. Once they dont support >the os 10.6 then their own products ought not to support universal >binaries. Yea. But Apple is a whole different ballgame. They're our big gorilla, with billions and billions in the bank, headed by L'Jobs. They can do whatever they want, including screw the older userbase unnecessarily - as they have been shown to do in the past. (eg: ripping out or disabling processor support) - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
