![]() That again totally depends on usage and market share. “If your paying customers are the ones that can afford to pay for software then a lot of commercial software development will continue to be on Windows and Mac.” The third world may be the largest computing market but it may also be the least lucractive. If your paying customers are the ones that can afford to pay for software then a lot of commercial software development will continue to be on Windows and Mac. Linux easily satisfies the third-world computing needs which is by far the potentially largest computing market.” IBM does care about PowerPC in a big way. I think that when IBM releases their own PowerPC 970 and 980 servers they will run on PowerPC Linux. Hence, my statement “nobody really cares about” it. At the moment, the PowerPC is just nowhere near the popularity, usage and market share of the x86/x86-64* architecture. IBM needs to do a lot more to promote it’s usage, preferably via Linux. “I acknowledge the PowerPC architecture is, technically, more efficient than it’s x86 counterpart. This also makes the Mac a easier to use GNU/Linux box. Also, most current OSS projects have a Mac OS X group thus, OSS software for the Mac should be easier to find. Will everyone just purchase a new Intel I2 system or will they concider the Apple G6? Remember that the G5 is faster then the I2 today and the G6 should be about 4x faster then the G5 and I still haven’t seen any information coming from Intel about the I3 (they’re still trying to get the compilers working correctly on the I2).ģ) Apple uses a lot of the OSS software in Mac OS X. And forget the cheep upgrades Longhorn will require a new motherboard, video card, and sound card (to support DRM the beta’s don’t have this turned on).Ģ) x86 is dead, so people will have to buy a new computer we’re talking a whole new computer. After 2008, Intel is droping the chip so please find yourself a Can’t Competeġ) No computer on the market today will run Longhorn when it’s released. Between now and 2008 the only changes will be the clock speed. Intel is dropping it.Ģ) The P4 is the last chip in the the family. Linux easily satisfies the third-world computing needs which is by far the potentially largest computing Source:ġ) The Open Darwin Project & The GNU/Darwin Project are porting x86 drivers and are actively trying to make Darwin a good x86 OS.Ģ) It already runs on a 2200 processor Fans:ġ) The x86 is dead unleass AMD can keep it alive with the AMD64 family. “This may be the case but Longhorn and 10.5 or 10.6 is not made for third-world computing needs in mind.”Įxactly, my point. I find it a bit amusing that you took my statements literally. I further illustrated how Linux could be compared to a virus. I think Linux is a little better than to be called a virus.” “Herpes is a virus, I don’t have it or want it. I acknowledge the PowerPC architecture is, technically, more efficient than it’s x86 counterpart. ![]() From another professional PC guy who think they know everything about Macs and MacOSX becuase they read Battlefront on ars forum.” “What does this mean? Another G5 sucks comment. I think he’s wrong and I have no sympathy for Enderle – his career is over once he’s been shown to be wrong, because we’ll never let him live it down… not the way he behaved. ![]() Once that happens, we can forever dismiss such people for being spectacularly wrong, and in the case of Enderle, for being very bitter about it. Here’s what’s funny – all those analysts and journalists who wrote about how linux will die, and how linux in 2003 is the best it’ll ever do in the marketplace – well, they’ll all be either proven right or wrong soon enough by the facts on the ground. Problem is, Enderle wasn’t ever able to forgive linux for so surprising him, and he’s been on a crusade against it ever since. Steve Jobs recently spoke to this very point “can you compete with Longhorn”… his response was illuminating… you may say he’s biased, but listen to the argument and decide for yourself.Įnderle says himself that he didn’t forsee linux. What exactly do we learn from Enderle here, other than “I think the Apple OS will not be competitive with Longhorn”? First, Panther is already a more competitive product than XP, and given how fast Apple releases updates to their OS, by the time Longhorn finally comes out, it will be ahead even more.
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