Several years ago, Apple was in the same dilemma, if not worse. Mac OS 8 (Copland) was promised and promised, but it never came. All the while, the PC was going full-steam ahead (processors getting faster, Windows getting more features). Finally, Ellen Hancock killed it and the features trickled down into the subsequent OS releases.
Not that I'm saying Microsoft will pull a similar stunt, but who knows? They could be looking at other viable OSs out there to buy it and build on.
I've been using Konqueror for quite some time now and I've noticted that the text rendered by the browser on a RedHat 9 setup seems to match that of Safari's on a Mac (in terms of aesthetic appeal, that is). Then again, I haven't done extensive testing/comparison yet.
As Safari is based on Konqueror, I would've guessed (or at least thought) that they have a nifty way of rendering text as well. As I'm no ADC member, I wouldn't know anything about Safari's low-level Quartz calls.
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Several years ago, Apple was in the same dilemma, if not worse. Mac OS 8 (Copland) was promised and promised, but it never came. All the while, the PC was going full-steam ahead (processors getting faster, Windows getting more features). Finally, Ellen Hancock killed it and the features trickled down into the subsequent OS releases.
Not that I'm saying Microsoft will pull a similar stunt, but who knows? They could be looking at other viable OSs out there to buy it and build on.
I've been using Konqueror for quite some time now and I've noticted that the text rendered by the browser on a RedHat 9 setup seems to match that of Safari's on a Mac (in terms of aesthetic appeal, that is). Then again, I haven't done extensive testing/comparison yet.
As Safari is based on Konqueror, I would've guessed (or at least thought) that they have a nifty way of rendering text as well. As I'm no ADC member, I wouldn't know anything about Safari's low-level Quartz calls.
I didn't have as easy a time with NewWorld Macs. I was forced to use yaboot/Open Firmware instead of the simpler BootX.
However, I hear that multibooting to other OSs on the PPCs is easier nowadays, although I have yet to try it out.