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Re: PowerMac DOS Compatibles, linux, A/UX and MAE



In article <dusttheg-0305960004510001@slip-61-3.ots.utexas.edu> dusttheg@cs.utexas.edu (Dude Steve) writes:

> You can't charge for linux because of the GNU agreement, so Apple (or
> anyoneelse for that matter) will never be able to charge for it. It also
> means that it isn't Apple's product. The only fee you can charge is for
> distrubution (that's why you see linux for sale really cheap - you're not
> paying for linux, you're paying for the distribution). Instead of running
> a MAE-type product on top of linux, I'd rather just set up separate boot
> partitions for linux and MacOS. Why emulate it when you can run the real
> thing by restarting? I doubt linux and Apple's AIX will be in real
> competition, as they're different markets. And MAE is a completely
> different market. I don't know about A/UX, though...

You can charge for Linux, and many people do.  What you can't do is
prevent the people who buy it from you from giving it away or selling
it to other people.

There is a MAE-type product for Linux on Intel processors (Linux also
runs on Alpha, Sparc, and some 68k machines).  It is called Executor
and available from http://www.ardi.com/ - last I knew the educational
price was $50.  (Executor only runs 68k binaries.)

> I totally agree - if you really want to run linux or NT on a PC, go out
> and get a PC. That's really the only way to do it. The DOS cards are NOT
> the solution. If you want a Mac but want to run some DOS, Win3.1, or Win
> 95 software, the DOS cards are a solution, and one that I've been pleased
> with (and I'm really looking forward to the new PCI cards).

> Linux will run quite well on a 386 or low-end 486 for most people. You
> don't even need a Pentium. But NT...oh, you want a Pentium! NT's pretty
> cool if you have the power and the RAM to run it, though. 

The nice thing about the pentium is that it drives the 100MHz 486
prices down.

Steve
dunham@gdl.msu.edu


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