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Re: Cliff: What was Apple's response?



>>>>> "Marc" == Marc Bodine <mbodine@tiac.net> writes:
In article <mbodine-2704960023550001@news.tiac.net> mbodine@tiac.net (Marc Bodine) writes:


    Marc> In article <fisk-2504962100070001@tty31.maze.ppp.uab.edu>,
    Marc> fisk@eyes.uab.edu (Gary Fisk) wrote:

    >> Cliff: You posted a message here a few weeks ago that you sent
    >> to some executives at Apple to see if they were interested in
    >> Executor.  What kind of response did you get?

    Marc> Actually I've seen reports that Apple itself may have an
    Marc> actual x86 OS up and running--not an emulator but an actual
    Marc> Mac OS 7.5 for Intel boxes. No idea if it's true. But
    Marc> interesting.

It is not true.

MacOS 7.5 doesn't even run fully native on PowerPC machines yet.

Apple just announced that they wouldn't be able to provide a
pre-release of Copland to developers going to WWDC (a big developers
conference).  Copland is slipping and they do not have the manpower to
take on a project of the scale of a native port of 7.5 to Intel.

On the other hand, it is possible that they have the Copland *kernel*
running natively under Intel, but that's a *big* difference.

    Marc> -- Marc Bodine New York, NY

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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