[Ti] Does not compute!

[RogueWriter]

I don't have a problem with Apple doing this.  At all.  In my opinion, 
the faster they do it, the better.

Not to sound insulting, but did you miss the announcement from Macworld 
expo about OS 9 being dead?  As in, no more development?  Apple is 
moving on, and is trying to encourage their users and their developers 
to do so as well.

As for your extensions, have you tried to setup classic to use them?  
Or simply assume that since they don't load when classic starts that it 
just won't work?

As for being dictatorial, these arguments sound very similar to those 
back when Apple was going from System 7 to OS 8.  True, the emulation 
ability needed by OS 8 was nowhere near as complicated as that required 
for OS X, but it is the same situation.

In terms of of being able to choose what OS comes on your mac, could 
you still get System 7 after PowerPC Macs began shipping with OS 8?  I 
don't recall being able to.  If you want to run an older operating 
system, then don't buy a new mac.  I have a friend that still uses a PB 
150.  Heck, I still had a 5300c up until March of last year.  I've got 
a partially assembled 1400c somewhere around here.  If I ever get it 
put together, I'm not going to put X on it.  Your software is going to 
migrate.  It happens.

Erick
On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 07:52 PM, John Griffin wrote:
> First, there is no logical reason to do this. We are being told that 
> we are
> no longer going to be allowed (no other word for it) to use OS 9 
> except in
> shell (Classic) format. There are people out there (including me) that 
> use
> specialized applications that require a boot into OS 9 to work 
> properly.
> These apps require extensions that are called on when the apps are 
> launched
> which are only there when OS 9 is the startup system.
>
> And there are other people who simply find OS 9 more pleasant and 
> friendly
> to use. Should they not be allowed to continue to exercise their 
> freedom to
> do so? Oh sure, they can stay with outdated machines to run their 
> favorite
> system, but why should they have to?
>
> It is dictatorial. We are no longer being given the freedom to choose 
> which
> system we can use. Like Henry Ford when he designed the Model A. He 
> said
> that you could order it in any color you wanted as long as it was 
> black.
>
> It cuts down on flexibility. I would assume that a huge amount of code 
> will
> be erased from the ROMs so that the machine will crash if you try and 
> start
> up with a disk that has only OS 9 as a boot system. What's wrong with 
> this
> picture?
>
> I have the feeling that this is Job's way of bullying his way to the
> position where he can claim that Nextstep and Cocoa were the superior 
> system
> after all. I can almost hear him crowing "See what has become of your
> precious Macintosh System now!"...then insert a torrent of evil 
> laughter and
> fade to black.
>
> OK, maybe it is just me, but would someone please point out the logic 
> of
> such a move, because I for one can't detect even a shred of it.
>
> jg
>
>
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