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- On Thu, 21 Mar 1996 22:25:50 -0500, Fabian Jimenez <fabian@cais.com>
- wrote:
-
- >I know Cliff has said that there were legal reasons as to why they don't
- >use Mac Roms for their emulator. I would suppose that this would only
- >apply if they provided those rom images for it. Why not just let the
- >end user supply their own rom images (legally) like those Mac emulators
- >that exist for the Amiga and Atari?
-
- I, too, posed this question in another post. I say, supply two
- versions.
-
- Of course, Apple ignores the Amiga and ST emulators, even though the
- work, because Apple is not threatened by these markets. The PC, or
- more specifically, the x86 market is huge, and Apple in it's vainity
- still believes in its heart of hearts that pc users will One Day be
- compelled to dump their entire investment in x86 hardware and software
- and buy macs because the platform is superior. This of course has
- nothing to do with the really for real world, as Next and Sun both
- learned.
-
- I *know* scads of pc users that would welcome a mac emulator, not only
- for bragging reasons, but to use some of that nifty mac stuff that
- just doesn't run as smoothly on windows. I think that Abacus should be
- brave and go for it, because I am *sure* that they could get thousands
- of sworn statements from users that claim that they would not buy a
- macintosh if the software platform wasn't there. The only thing that
- has kept anyone from penetrating the pc market with a viable emu has
- been the threat of litigation by Apple. But I'd bet my last buck that
- the market would more than back up Ardi.
-
- Apple has already ported the mac to Unix...this market is SMALL, like
- the Ami and ST market, and as such poses no threat.
-
- But over 90% of the computers on the planet *don't* run the mac os; if
- they DID, ardi would have more than enuff $$ to fight of Apple's dogs.
-
- ...and I'll just BET that Ardi is aware of this, and is gearing up to
- test the waters :)
-
- I'd like to see this by Q4...anyone else?
-
- Kai
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