no mention of OS9 at rev? Not true.

Peter T. Evensen pevensen at siboneylg.com
Wed Apr 5 17:43:00 EDT 2006


I thought Apple had already announced OS 9's demise, see: 
http://blog.ibrood.com/2006/03/29/the-funeral-of-mac-os-9/

At 04:17 PM 4/5/2006, you wrote:
>I'm not one to suggest that there is no current need to support OS9. I can't
>find any adoption figures but unless OS9-OSX conversion is above 90% (which
>I doubt) then there are still enough OS9 users out there that developers --
>particularly those aimed at lower-end markets such as K-12 -- need to be
>able to deliver solutions on those boxes.
>
>OTOH, I think it's clear that *everyone* using OS9 on a daily basis now
>needs to be seriously reconsidering that strategy and, to the extent it's
>financially feasible, moving to OS X. I mean, Apple has all but announced
>its demise. It may never die a natural death, but Apple will surely strangle
>it at some point.
>
>On 4/5/06, Robert Brenstein <rjb at robelko.com> wrote:
> >
> > >This is going around and around.... there is nothing anywhere to
> > >indicate that Rev is dropping OS9 anymore than dropping UNIX!!
> > >
> > >>delivering user-end applications but development tools, and it is
> > >>clear that there is still a segment of their users that uses and
> > >>supports OS9. It would be a shame if they stopped supporting OS9
> > >>before their users do.
> > >>
> > >>Robert
> > >
> > >--
> > >stephen barncard
> > >s a n  f r a n c i s c o
> > >- - -  - - - - - - - - -
> >
> > True. However, if some people keep repeating here that there is no
> > need to support OS9 (from their perspective), this may become a
> > self-fullfilling prophecy. I don't particularly enjoy being contrary
> > but someone has to counter-balance them.
> >
> > Robert
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