<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I just hope Apple has the Cash (~5 billion, right?) to weather the lack of revenue they will see for the next year. Who in their right mind would buy a Mac now when there's a good chance that programs released in 2006 won't run on it?<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If you are a developer, how do you make the decision which architecture to program for?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I sure hope that developers at least stay with Apple and not make the Windows switch. I'm sure the M$ FUD machine is winding up big time on this one...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Arrgh.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Peter</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 6, 2005, at 10:11 AM, <A href="mailto:kalirhe@umdnj.edu">kalirhe@umdnj.edu</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Guys...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Really now! Wake up and smell the coffee!<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This is EXCELLENT news, and no different than the move from 68K to PPC to G3</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">to G4 to G5. This will put the Mac squarely in the mainstream again and is</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">GOOD for the Mac's future and hence ALL of us!!.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>