We have announced that all new major releases of our software will require Snow Leopard (and therefore Intel processors). You can see our current usage statistics at http://update.omnigroup.com—choose Hardware from the popup list, and then choose CPU Type.
Another factor to consider is that you will need to maintain PowerPC hardware to test on. --Kyle Sluder On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Dominic Blais <domi...@bombaxtic.com> wrote: > Hello. OS X 10.6 is the first version of OS X that doesn't support the > PowerPC architecture (http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html). We're > working on a Cocoa server-side web framework and server ( > http://www.bombaxtic.com/bombax) and so far we've been making universal > builds. We support OS X 10.5 or 10.6 and our plan is to keep 10.5 as our > minimum OS version. > > But, the big question we're debating is whether to include PPC support in > the production release. Since our product is still in beta, we have the > pleasant opportunity to decide this without worrying about cutting off > support to existing customers. Supporting Intel-only would make testing, > development, and tech support easier. On the other hand, we don't want to > alienate developers and administrators that are still loving their PowerMac > G5 Quads :). > > So the big question I have for the group is whether it is important for new > Cocoa software that has a 10.5+ requirement to support PowerPC. We really > want to do the best by our users, both in the sense of supporting their > hardware and developing new features more quickly. Any advice or similar > experiences would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Dominic Blais > Chief Operating Officer - domi...@bombaxtic.com > Bombaxtic LLC - http://www.bombaxtic.com > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/kyle.sluder%40gmail.com > > This email sent to kyle.slu...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
