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FWB Admits RealPC for Mac OS X was Vaporware

Posted by pudge on from the yeah-so-you-know-that-thing-we-said dept.

reiggin writes "In a press release on their site, FWB's new management comes clean and says that the former management had been lying about an upcoming RealPC OS X release. Apparently, not one line of code had even been written. This is a huge disappointment for anyone looking for an alternative to the now-MS owned Virtual PC (which, incidentally, Apple and Microsoft have said will not initially run on a G5)."

8 of 472 comments (clear)

  1. 3 In a Row? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This is the third Mac story in a row!!
    Heaven help us.

  2. Odd that no VPc for G5 by FileNotFound · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isn't it odd that Ms does not plan to relaese Virtual PC for the G5?

    I mean it'd be good revenue if every mac user had to buy VPc and WinXP just so that they can play Doom3 or whatnot..

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  3. OB Simpsons by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 0, Redundant

    HAHA!

    Seriously, WTF? What kind of business practice is it to formally announce on your website and in press releases that "X is in late beta stage" when it hasn't even been started. I guess that's why they are the "ex" management team.

  4. Re:Wine? by Planesdragon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wine is a x86 program--it translates Windows x86 instructions to Linux x86 instructions.

    Running Wine on a Gx would require a x86 => Gx instruction interpreter. You'd have to, to be geeky, "emulate an x86."

    Remember:

    Wine
    Is
    Not an
    Emulator.

  5. Re:Wine? by awing0 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wine Is Not an Emulator. It runs x86 binaries on x86 platforms only. It works by providing the Windows API to the X windowing system, not by emulating other architectures.

    On another more disturbing note I just went to http://www.winehq.com/ and it's been closed?! Anyone know the story behind that?

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  6. RealPC? Why not WINE? by Dr.+Zowie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Shouldn't WINE run OK under MacOS X?

  7. Re:SCO sues FWB for copyright infringement by AKAImBatman · · Score: -1, Redundant

    From the mysterious future...

    Sept. 5 2003

    SCO now claims that there are Millions of lines of SCO IP in FWB's RealPC product. When asked, SCO CEO Darl McBride answered, "SCO has a right to exist in this market. Anyone who thinks that they can steal our IP and get away with it is going to be facing a stiff legal battle."

    He goes on to state the SCO will soon begin charging everyone who has ever seen a screenshot of a Mac, $699.00 for each screenshot. "Mac users are simply theives!", states McBride. "SCO just wants to find a way to allow others to continue using their Macs while we protect our investments." No comment yet on what the alleged IP is.

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  8. Re:Wine? by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I don't get the obsessive need to point this out. It can be quite convincingly argued that WINE is emulating an API. Stop being so pointlessly anal for mod points.

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