Here is the question I have for you (and I ask this sincerely .. . not as a
smarta**)
Do you buy Apple because it is simply Apple and you think their computers
look cool...or do you buy them because they are elegant and functional? I
Suspect its the latter. If that IS the case, then isn't the OS and software
that you really like?
Then you have got to ask yourself, Do you think the Mac OS could stand on
its own? That is, compete with Windows? I suspect that it could
compete....but on a software level, not hardware...because to be truly
competitive in hardware you need to be successful in the business sector
(Intel is the winner there)...but in software/OS you can cross all the line
(business/home = expanded market. So....yes you are right, their hardware
business would decline but their OS business could Soar....there are
millions of PC users who would love to stop Microsoft from controlling their
desktop.
-----Original Message-----
From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Bill Davis
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 11:02 PM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Bigger than iWalk
>What would be really revolutionary is if they ported OS X to run on Intel
>machines.
>Can you WOW.
>
I can say "NOOOOO!"
Although......they sort of have, in Darwin:
http://www.opensource.apple.com/
The NextSTEP/OpenStep OS on which MacOS X is based ran on Intel (and 68K
and PowerPC and I think something else) hardware already before Apple
bought NeXT.
There is a Darwin port for Intel. You don't get all the OS, just the
core, no GUI...but I believe that XWindows has been ported to it.
So the potential IS there. But it's not likely, as Apple is a HARDWARE
company. That's where it makes most of it's money. Porting it totally
to Intel hardware so that it'd run on machines they didn't make would
just kill the company. Just look what happened when Apple allowed
cloning the Mac. People made cheap knock-offs instead of innovating and
hurt Apple. A lot. They didn't expand it's market at all.
It'll never happen unless the Motorola totally screws up PowerPC
development (worse than they already have, I mean) and I think Apple's
taking steps to not be dependent on them anymore...
- Bill
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