<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">They don't have to run OS 9. It's just that a long time ago (maybe in an other galaxy) someone has written soft for them on OS 9, and now they're forced to OS 9. And therefor want it for the network.<DIV>The truth is told bit by bit. They're not computer people, they're lab people. Just the idea that they would remove OS X (which they don't use) from the G5. They just needed a faster Mac. And when they got the G5, OS 9 wasn't on it. The dealer installed it for them. I told them it could be done afterwards.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Paul Moortgat</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 10 Sep 2005, at 00:16, Johns Maillist wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><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; ">On Sep 9, 2005, at 5:04 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">It now seems that all Macs have to be in a PC network from OS 9.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Any thoughts about this?</DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Yep.</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; ">I think that sentence confuses me (I am simple I admit it ;-)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Are you saying that for them to join the PC network, they have to be running OS9?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you are, I am going to say that someone, somewhere, has the facts confused.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The network connectivity of OS X far and away surpasses OS 9, IF, the network security issues are handled.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">John</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>