<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">FYI, way back when...circa 1987 Microsoft
had a version of MS-Word (version 2 or something) which ran under UNIX.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I purchased it for an AT&T 3B2 computer
running SYSV for word processing in the admissions department at a university.</font>
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Here is one more stupid question and then I'm done with the Apple-Intel<br>
thing.<br>
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OK, so Apple Builds Mac OS 10 for Intel, applications are compiled to run<br>
universally on PPC and Intel. That means the next build of Microsoft
Office<br>
is basically running on Unix on Intel. How big of a jump is it then
to have<br>
Microsoft Office running on another *nix? The pretty face on OS X
is<br>
proprietary yes? How hard is it to duplicate or emulate, are there
already<br>
project to do it? Could MS license the relevant portions just for
their<br>
applications running on *nix?<br>
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If I take off my tinfoil hat for a minute it almost looks like Apple is<br>
giving Microsoft inroads to putting their cash cow on *nix.<br>
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-Nate<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Nathan C. Smith <br>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:30 PM<br>
To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'<br>
Subject: RE: [Cialug] Apple and Intel<br>
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So here's a stupid question - what kind of thing will keep me from buying<br>
Mac OS and slapping it on any Intel box? I thought all the stuff
that used<br>
to be in ROM no longer was. What will distinguish an Apple from any
other<br>
machine?<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Bryan Baker [mailto:ka_klick@mac.com] <br>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:26 PM<br>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br>
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Apple and Intel<br>
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Me.<br>
I'd rather see them using the better of the x86/64's but I think 2 <br>
factors kept that from happening: 1. AMD probably can't supply the <br>
volume Apple projects. 2. AMD isn't the kickback machine that Intel is.<br>
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I'm betting they talked though.<br>
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On Jun 7, 2005, at 10:18 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:<br>
> Anyone else wish Apple had partnered with AMD instead of Intel?<br>
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http://www.dmmug.org<br>
president@dmmug.org<br>
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