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Dec 5 9:30 AM EST

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To: David Semoreson who wrote (1076)	1/30/1997 10:43:00 PM
From: Dirk Dawson	of 213173

I won't presume to be unbiased, I'm a Mac-only consultant. That said, there are a lot of options available here: Porting the OS to other chips? That sounds OK! Winning the enterprise market (don't know if that's even a mediocre portion of total sales)? Fine! Continuing to support their established base (my livelihood) while developing better OS features? Cool! I don't know if the NEXT deal was the right one and I don't get a vote anyway. The future is in OS's that do what you want them to do. BEOS does that and is establishing an installed base through their bundling with all Power Machines. It may not take off, but it will keep the Apple/NEXT guys honest as they develop Rhapsody. I know BEOS runs well and the VirtualMac (emulation mode, separate window, w/MacOS running fast) is a "quasi-killer app." But it's for BEOS. I may switch, which made me think: Maybe all of us "no cookie cutter OS" people will drive the next wave and all will be chip-independent. Dreaming and hoping again, Dirk

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