office and ie for mac would vanish
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OS X on x86?
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If the MacOS were to show up running on intel hardware, you can rest assured that microsoft would respond by immediately ceasing development of office and ie for the MacOS. Then we would here the familiar "There's no software for the MacOS." line.
In my assembly language course, the instructor felt compelled to teach the java virtual machine(jvm) and x86 architectures. This was done as an experiment, and one of the reasons cited was that the x86 architecture had just become so victorian that it was time for a change. Essentially it became a course where we compared and contrasted the two architectures(btw we had to write twice as many programs too). Along the way we were informed of some the brain damaged designed decisions which manifest themselves in the x86; Decisions that were made in the late 70's, realized as mistakes in the early 80's, and perpetuated to the very day. This includes things like byte ordering and memory segmentation in the x86. This particular instructor felt that virtual machies were going to be a big part of things in the future, and hence the choice of teaching the jvm along side the x86.
What architecture would you prefer for a course in assembly? The JVM was taught in this course to highlight the differences between a register based machine(x86), and a stack based machine(JVM). We had to write programs for both machines. Furthermore we were also able to see the bone headed design flaws that went into the x86(memory segmentation, and byte ordering) compared to the JVM.
Good analogy. x86 is much like the 350 chevy engine. It has been around forever. I just took an assembly language course, and instead of focusing on the x86, the instructor spent a large part of the semester teaching us about the java virtual machine. We did a lot of programming in jasmin(an assembler for the JVM) In the next 2-3 years the instructor plans to base the entire course on the java virtual machine. His reasoning is that the x86 has just become to victorian(i.e. old), and it is time to move on to something new.
3. Windows. I won't get too far into this one. M$ stole the idea, lock, stock and barrel, from Apple. Who had stolen it from Xerox's PARC.
In exchange for 2 visits to PARC to look at their GUI, Xerox got $1M in Apple stock before Apple went public. After Apple went public, Xerox's shares were worth about $17M. In short, Xerox was paid by Apple. Read Apple Confidential for the details.
Indeed the web has killed the CD-ROM encyclopedia. It has also killed CD's that have dictionaries, maps, phone numbers, medical guides, etc.
Re:Gates already bought 'em last year.
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Apple still had over a Billion dollars of completely liquid assets (cash), without debt, at their worst point.
People fail to realize this point. With all of the doom and gloom published about apple, the one thing that no one ever heard was that they were broke or on the verge of bankruptcy because that never was the case. They were never in the situation that Chrysler was in. There are those who suggest that M$ is propping apple up simple b/c they investd $150M. Give me a break.
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And neither is Windows...or is it?
She's a human!!! ... or is it "It's an operating system!!!!"
Wouldn't a using a livecd have prevented the software from being installed?
Well I did see this from dealnews.com
The perfect storm on the internet: Fast Processors, ubiquitous broadband, oblivious public and a insecure os.
Well, did you see Dawn of the Dead?
If the MacOS were to show up running on intel hardware, you can rest assured that microsoft would respond by immediately ceasing development of office and ie for the MacOS. Then we would here the familiar "There's no software for the MacOS." line.
In my assembly language course, the instructor felt compelled to teach the java virtual machine(jvm) and x86 architectures. This was done as an experiment, and one of the reasons cited was that the x86 architecture had just become so victorian that it was time for a change. Essentially it became a course where we compared and contrasted the two architectures(btw we had to write twice as many programs too). Along the way we were informed of some the brain damaged designed decisions which manifest themselves in the x86; Decisions that were made in the late 70's, realized as mistakes in the early 80's, and perpetuated to the very day. This includes things like byte ordering and memory segmentation in the x86. This particular instructor felt that virtual machies were going to be a big part of things in the future, and hence the choice of teaching the jvm along side the x86.
What architecture would you prefer for a course in assembly? The JVM was taught in this course to highlight the differences between a register based machine(x86), and a stack based machine(JVM). We had to write programs for both machines. Furthermore we were also able to see the bone headed design flaws that went into the x86(memory segmentation, and byte ordering) compared to the JVM.
Good analogy. x86 is much like the 350 chevy engine. It has been around forever. I just took an assembly language course, and instead of focusing on the x86, the instructor spent a large part of the semester teaching us about the java virtual machine. We did a lot of programming in jasmin(an assembler for the JVM) In the next 2-3 years the instructor plans to base the entire course on the java virtual machine. His reasoning is that the x86 has just become to victorian(i.e. old), and it is time to move on to something new.
In exchange for 2 visits to PARC to look at their GUI, Xerox got $1M in Apple stock before Apple went public. After Apple went public, Xerox's shares were worth about $17M. In short, Xerox was paid by Apple. Read Apple Confidential for the details.
Indeed the web has killed the CD-ROM encyclopedia. It has also killed CD's that have dictionaries, maps, phone numbers, medical guides, etc.
Apple still had over a Billion
dollars of completely liquid assets (cash), without debt, at their worst point.
People fail to realize this point. With all of the doom and gloom published about apple, the one thing that no one ever heard was that they were broke or on the verge of bankruptcy because that never was the case. They were never in the situation that Chrysler was in. There are those who suggest that M$ is propping apple up simple b/c they investd $150M. Give me a break.