Re: Testing universal binary one the cheap
Re: Testing universal binary one the cheap
- Subject: Re: Testing universal binary one the cheap
- From: Alexander von Below <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:14:54 +0100
On 21.12.2005, at 12:32, Uli Kusterer wrote:
The Developer Transition Kits are nowhere near what the final Intel
Macs will be like, and Apple is still working on the OS version to
be shipped with the first Intel Macs. So, even *Apple* doesn't know
how an Intel Mac will look and behave. They have been known to
completely change how Intel-Mac programs are stored in ways that
broke existing Intel-Mac applications. There's no way you can ship
a working Intel-Mac application that is guaranteed to work when the
next Mac OS for Intel pre-release comes out.
This is getting off-topic, but I think your statement is a little too
harsh. Yes, one should be aware that everything is subject to change,
but if there was not a certain "direction" in these things then why
should Apple and the Developers even bother?
Just create a PowerPC version of your app that they'll (hopefully)
be able to run in Rosetta, and do the Intel version when there are
actual Intel-Macs.
The term "hopefully" makes it clear that there is no certainty for
him in doing this either. Who knows how Rosetta will run?
Finally, I don't think the NDA most developers signed when they
rented their DTKs allows them to let anyone not from their company
run code on these machines.
That is probably true, but I am not a lawyer. That said, if Stefan
has an existing ADC Membership (even Student or Online), there should
be perfectly legal ways to settle this. Otherwise it would not make
much sense for companies to offer x86 porting if they must keep the
project status a secret.
However, especially as to mailing lists the NDA also prohibits me
from clarifying some of your statements above, even though they could
use some serious clarification.
But what I can say is this: If an application is "plain Cocoa", no
hardware access or other oddities, then I believe Steve Jobs said
something to the effect that you can create working Universal
Binaries with a single click. And we all believe Steve, don't we?
Bye
Alex
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