10 Sep
1999
10 Sep
'99
6:33 p.m.
What I thought
interesting was something I just read earlier today, is that
apparently MicroWare has a version of OS-9 that runs on the PowerMac.
Now that would be really cool! Seriously,
IMHO, Apple is justified in this, after all this is Version 9 of
the Mac Operating System.
Honestly, I don't agree. Expanding on your example, what's stopping me from
making 97 (very rapid) failed attempts at making a MerchWindows, and
releasing a MerchWindows98?
Something tells me that Micro$haft would be all over me like [profanity &
expletives deleted] and that I'd lose horribly... why should Apple win just
'cause they're bigger? Besides - Mac OS X (thereby called for Version 10) is
already out - they've
already skipped 9. Why not call it XI, or 11, or Mac OS X Workstation, or
something and leave poor ol' 9 alone?
Yes, BUT this is where it gets wierd and interesting. "Mac OS X Server",
is out, however, "Mac OS X Workstation" will not be out until after "Mac
OS
9". Confused yet? Worse, "Mac OS 9" was originally called "Mac OS
8.7" in
the Beta's, they switched in mid-Beta to calling it "Mac OS 9". The
original plan was to go from "Mac OS 8.7" to "Mac OS X Workstation".
The
change in plans might have something to do with what a drastic change in
the OS has been made between 8.6 and 9.
Zane
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