Scala Saves Time
13-May-95 00:27:37
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I don't think even Apple did all that well. As far as the emulation part goes,
it's a genuine technical feat of which they should be proud. But they should
have put something really wonderful in PowerMacs that could *only* be done with
the CPU power of a PowerMac. They just aren't selling PowerMacs like they'd
been hoping–and worse, the biggest seller is the 6100, not the 7100, like
they'd thought, which is kind of analogous to the 500/2000 problem.
And unfortunately, Apple and IBM had a lull just at the wrong time.
If they hadn't diddled away two years which they *could* have spent
carrying out their agreements, PowerPC boxes might have turned out to
be real competitors to Wintel. And it's not that I like Apple or IBM
much either–but MS and Intel have managed to come up with a lot of
brain dead chips and schizophrenic software beteen them–and they're
the only ones in a position (at one time, anyway) to challenge them.
And at least Gershwin *could* be a decent OS, unlike Win95.
Of course what I wish for most is least likely to happen–the real
resurrection and successive thriving of the Amiga.
Mr. Zombie