>Well, Barry -- now we know why you couldn't find any "new" info on
>Rhapsody. It's being turned into OS10 (skipping from 8 to 10 ... Jobs
>has been around Gates too long).
>
>Now -- why? 'Cause they see that NT ain't gonna be out before this?
>Because they're giving up on the NT market? 'Cause it's too hard??
>Guesses, anyone?
in point of fact, Rhapsody is still on track for public release later this
year. the Apple press release:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/1998/may/11strategy.html
specifically says so.
i haven't seen any information from Apple to the effect that Rhapsody is
being phased out, or that they won't continue to develop it as a
server-style OS in paralell with the standard desktop OS. the point of
the new strategy isn't that Apple is ditching Rhapsody as a bad idea, it's
just getting ready to combine the best of OS8 *and* Rhapsody for the next
generation of Apple operating systems. personally, i think that's a good
thing.
i also find it a bit intriguing to see how much play this particular
misrepresentation of the strategy has received. i kind of think the press
has fallen back on the old 'Apple is doomed' rhetoric as a matter of habit.
it's certainly more interesting to see a struggling company choke just
after making a turnaround than to talk about a fairly sensible software
development path.
mike stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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