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On 10/12/11 6:52 PM, Tankfixer wrote:
In article , - Howard Brazee
spouted !

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:21:45 -0700, Tankfixer
wrote:

Oddly enough BSD Unix runs just fine on i86 based machines, doesn't it.

Sure. Which has nothing to do with anything I said.

Apple had to redesign it's architecture to use it's BSD/UNIX clone OS.
Microsoft didn't need to since it crafted it's OS to work with what PC
makers build.

I'm not getting the connection here.

Times changed from when Windows and Apple's OS were designed for
stand-alone computers. What worked best then doesn't work best now.

There are two ways of moving their operating systems to fit our needs,
shoring up the existing structure, or tearing down the old system and
building a stronger foundation. A better foundation was available
for these operating systems (Unix).

Microsoft couldn't take the second option because it had tenants that
wouldn't move. Apple only had itself as a tenant, so it could take
that option.

That doesn't fly, and you know why ?
Microsoft buyers wouldn't have to replace their hardware to switch to a
Linux based OS.
It runs just fine on the same architecture.

Apple did have to switch.

Not entirely correct. OS X had been being built for x86 in parallel
with PPC for its entire development cycle; Apple had been planning a
switch to x86 as far back as MacOS 8 or 9 (I forget which). MacOS 7 had
been planned to be the last major PPC/68K release, but they completely
convoluted their plans for OS X and had two more interim releases in the
shape of 8 and 9 before getting OS X out the door.

- x.