Re: Universal Binary that runs on 10.3.x and up on PPC and 10.4.1 and up on Intel
Re: Universal Binary that runs on 10.3.x and up on PPC and 10.4.1 and up on Intel
- Subject: Re: Universal Binary that runs on 10.3.x and up on PPC and 10.4.1 and up on Intel
- From: Andrew Satori <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:41:58 -0400
I'm not sure this is a delusion. I'd speculate that it is by intent
and design. In the VERY near future, you will begin to see a mindset
within the computing industry of pervasive internet connections, with
broadband speeds become the norm. This is kinda like the people that
are still holding onto floppy drives :-)..
The truth is that we are quickly nearing a point where the election
to not have broadband connections of one form or another is an
election to forego core features and functions of your modern
Operating System, and the inability to use some things even if you
have paid for them.
Let's take an example...
Napster To Go, pay monthly fee, log on to network, download music,
disconnect from internet, play music. don't connect to internet for
a month. music stops playing because it can't phone home to verify
that your account remains active.
Windows & Office activation, don't have an internet connection,
you're hosed, because they have discontinued phone activation for
some markets and are in process of discontinuing all phone activation.
Bear in mind that both of these examples are Windows based examples.
I used them, because Windows has a higher percentage of OS revision
laggards than the Mac does. Backwards compatibility has been such a
high priority on Windows that it has created a situation where there
is no compelling reason to upgrade. This has a multi-layered effect.
At the top, software vendors are forced to support aged OSes bugs,
warts and all. I have one customer that still has Windows 95
machines deployed, not even Windows 95 SE, but plane jane Windows 95.
Then comes the patch revision nightmare. Most large corporations
today vet patches internally before they are allowed to be deployed.
How long has Windows XP SP2 been available? How many companies still
won't deploy it? MEanwhile, Microsoft has not forced the issue either.
I know that this won't sit well with many people, but I personally,
as a developer applaud Apple for this decision, knowing full well
that it'll hack of a low percentage of users.
What this means to me is that I lose a small market percentage to
people that refuse for reasons of their own, to update. But as a
developer, I can adopt features and functions and take a forward
looking view. At this point, I see many compelling reasons to move
users to Tiger, and if Tiger is out of the question, then 10.3.9 is a
reasonable requirement. For those that have issues with Access, they
have made a decision that reduces the functionality of their
computing experience, it is not my responsibility to condone their
irresponsibility by supporting them.
Andy
On Jul 18, 2005, at 9:16 AM, Steve Sisak wrote:
Apple does seem to be under the delusion that all (or even most) of
their customers have access to a high speed connection that doesn't
charge by the byte.
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