[Cialug] Apple and Intel

Nathan C. Smith smith at ipmvs.com
Wed Jun 8 09:57:53 CDT 2005


 
MS had a Unix clone back then too didn't they?  I had a friend, whose dad
had an ATT machine running it who used to log into a BBS from time to time.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: John.Lengeling at radisys.com [mailto:John.Lengeling at radisys.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:54 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: RE: [Cialug] Apple and Intel



FYI, way back when...circa 1987 Microsoft had a version of MS-Word (version
2 or something) which ran under UNIX. 

I purchased it for an AT&T 3B2 computer running SYSV for word processing in
the admissions department at a university. 

johnl 




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Here is one more stupid question and then I'm done with the Apple-Intel
thing.

OK, so Apple Builds Mac OS 10 for Intel, applications are compiled to run
universally on PPC and Intel.  That means the next build of Microsoft Office
is basically running on Unix on Intel.  How big of a jump is it then to have
Microsoft Office running on another *nix?  The pretty face on OS X is
proprietary yes?  How hard is it to duplicate or emulate, are there already
project to do it?  Could MS license the relevant portions just for their
applications running on *nix?

If I take off my tinfoil hat for a minute it almost looks like Apple is
giving Microsoft inroads to putting their cash cow on *nix.

-Nate

-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan C. Smith 
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:30 PM
To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
Subject: RE: [Cialug] Apple and Intel




So here's a stupid question - what kind of thing will keep me from buying
Mac OS and slapping it on any Intel box?  I thought all the stuff that used
to be in ROM no longer was.  What will distinguish an Apple from any other
machine?

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Baker [mailto:ka_klick at mac.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:26 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Apple and Intel



Me.
I'd rather see them using the better of the x86/64's but I think 2  
factors kept that from happening: 1. AMD probably can't supply the  
volume Apple projects. 2. AMD isn't the kickback machine that Intel is.

I'm betting they talked though.

On Jun 7, 2005, at 10:18 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
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