[Pythonmac-SIG] Future of MacPython? (Was: Type/creator issueswith MacPython on OS X)

[Dethe Elza]

on 01/6/20 03:44 PM, John W Baxter at jwblist@olympus.net wrote:

> At 21:54 +0200 6/20/2001, Dinu Gherman wrote:
>> I do wonder, though, if maintaining two radically different
>> OS (even if closely tied together - well, in one direction)
>> makes sense on the long run, but yes - that's an entirely
>> different story...
> 
> In the short long run, both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X will be maintained.  In
> the long long run, there will be only X, but likely still both the Carbon
> way and the Cocoa way.  In the really long long run, we're all dead and it
> doesn't matter.

Don't forget, somewhere between the long long run and the really long long
run, there will be OS XI, OS XII, etc.  %-)
 
> A major upset will happen if the IBM and Motorola boards of directors pull
> the plug on PowerPC...that would lead to X on Intel/AMD/???...yet another
> flavor.  Cocoa should have relatively trouble with that...even Carbon
> should be OK.
> 
> --John (who probably won't make it to the X only days)

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Dethe Elza 
Chief Mad Scientist
Burning Tiger Technologies