On 23/06/2005, at 12:12 PM, Craig Ringer wrote:
or will we still
have to use Windows PC to access things like this (and the DLI
Skyview WA
and the Commsec Advanced Trading Program, and, and ....)
Yes you will*.
* Unless the move to x86 encourages improvements to tools like WINE
etc
to the point where you can transparently run Windows programs much of
the time. This is a big maybe.
The problem is, and will continue to be, the Mac OS X API. The CPU
architecture doesn't matter much. The problem isn't getting the
program
for PowerPC, it's getting a Mac OS X port of the program. This will
not
change, though porting might get easier if tools like WineLib are
improved.
Check out this news snippet at <http://www.macworld.com/news/
2005/06/22/crossover/index.php>
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