On Oct 17, 2008, at 12:10 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > I don't think that Apple should abandon Panther users so quickly. > While 8.75+ years may be slightly excessive time to support an OS, > roughly 3 years is too short I think?
Sadly, it's not likely. You remember how big a change 10.1 to 10.2 was, right? They essentially rewrote OS X almost from scratch. 10.3 to 10.4 was a change on that scale, just under the hood where you don't see it. A HUGE number of the underlying OS and GUI libs were rewritten and re- arranged between 10.3 and 10.4. They might as well be two distantly related OSes from a programming point of view. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
