To all:
Here's some interesting facts on Rhapsody...direct from the Rhapsody development team.
>Dear Sir/ Madaam:
>
>
>I have 3 questions regarding the availability and release of Apple's OS
>system
>code named Rhapsody:
>
> 1. consumer market release date.....will Apple release the Power PC and
>PC versions concurrently.
We expect Rhapsody to ship in the first half of 1998, and be available
for both
PowerMacintosh and PC Compatibles.
> 2. will Apple license both Power PC and PC versions to other hardware
>vendors.
We have no announcements of this sort at this time.
> 3. since Rhapsody supports UNIX....or is based on...does this mean that
>the Rhapsody can run any software code in a native mode w/ optimal speed..
In addition to applications written for Rhapsody, Rhapsody for Power
Macintosh will
allow users to run the vast majority of Mac OS software using a
technology codenamed
Blue Box. In addition, since Rhapsody sits on a full implementation of
BSD 4.4, many
traditional UNIX utilities and tools are already being ported.
>I'm looking forward to learning more about Rhapsody and wondering why Apple
>didn't release this system a long time ago. Better late than never.
Rhapsody has only been a project for about one year. The first
milestone, shipping
a release to developers, occured in the scheduled timeframe earlier in
1997. In addition,
the Blue Box, which was not due until mid-1998, shipped in an early form
to developers
in November of 1997. The first customer release is due in the first half
of 1998.
>In advance, I appreciate your clarification of these questions
>
>Daniel Gilbert
Thanks Again,
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