Re: Universal Binary and Mac OS X 10.2.8
Re: Universal Binary and Mac OS X 10.2.8
- Subject: Re: Universal Binary and Mac OS X 10.2.8
- From: Peter Bierman <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 14:45:29 -0800
On Dec 3, 2005, at 8:01 AM, Stéphane Sudre wrote:
- if there's a bug in Installer.app on Mac OS X
10.2.8 (and I think there is one because even
if there's a problem with the archive, the
application shall not be crashing) when dealing
with i386 architecture, how are you going to be
able to distribute Universal Libraries with
support for 10.2.8 on the PPC side?
- if there's a bug in Installer.app preventing
installing Universal Binaries on 10.2.8, you
can't be compatible with 10.2.8 because people
may not be able to install your package on
10.2.8.
- if there's a bug in Installer.app on 10.2.8,
is Apple able to release an update fixing the
issue?
But 10.2.x is End of Life. ... isn't it? So I
would think Apple won't address this. Standard
support has been n-1 which means 10.4 and 10.3
should support Universal Binaries and installers
that deal with those. For 10.2.x users would
have to upgrade their OS. Sound horrible? Well
Microsoft does it too, but Microsoft gives you 5
years on an OS where Apple gives you 1 year so
Windows 2000 is only going end of life next year
when Longhorn / Vista releases.
I have complained about the short lifetimes of
the OS numerous times, but nobody at Apple
cares. For Apple it's a $$ thing because they
could have easily kept 10.3 until 10.3.whatever
and added Spotlight and such but they didn't
because making 10.4 meant that users would have
to pay $$. How many years has OS X been around?
And we've had 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and
next year 10.5? This is simply insanity that
`10.3 will be end of life next year. It's one
reason why I will always pick Windows over a Mac
for an Enterprise level application. Hardware
lasts 3 years on our depreciation cycle. Should
I have to upgrade the server OS even once in
that span? With Apple I can get forced to do it
twice if my timing is just right.. yey.
No one is forcing anyone to upgrade anything. If
you buy a Mac with 10.2.0, you get free updates
to 10.2.8, and fixes for critical security
issues. Your machine will work at least as well
as the day you bought it, for as many years as
the hardware can manage.
If some new software comes out that requires
10.4, you can choose not to use that new
software, or you can choose to buy 10.4.
Why do you expect to get things of value for
free? Presumably you "have" to upgrade to 10.4
because some other software requires it. Did you
pay for that other software? Or, for this forum,
perhaps you're the author of that new software
that requires 10.4. Does your software require
10.4 because of Apple's investment in new
technology? Should users get 10.4 (or it's
features) for free, but still have to pay for
your product?
Personally, I would always choose the platform
that makes the most advanced technology available
to me and my customers as quickly as possible.
-pmb
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