Re: OSX vs. YDL


Subject: Re: OSX vs. YDL
From: Geoffrey Wathen (geoffw@myexcel.com)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 15:56:17 MST


On Sunday, December 2, 2001, at 11:17 AM, Christopher Murtagh wrote:

> Read what I said above closely. I'm assuming that *Apple* hardware is
> still considered 'mac platform' or does 'mac platform' only mean G3s or
> better these days? Linux will run on PPC601, PPC603, PPC604 machines as
> well as the current hardware. Hell, I can get linux running on my
> Quadra840 if I really wanted to. Darwin doesn't.

For what it's worth, there is a third party project to get MacOS X
running on almost all PPC machines. They've already got it running on
many, and are constantly pushing for more. It may be a ten finger
project, though, which may account for the gradual progression.

        Geoff.



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