Jim,
Actually, I was not surprised that Rhapsody was placed in the lower
priority. I have been in software development field for about 20
years, particularly in Unix OS. I believe Rhapsody is powerful and
as friendly as Solaris or HP-UX, but is not a cash cow. Besides, it
probably takes several years to be mature and gaining popular, like
Window NT. I think what Jobs has done on OS future plans is correct.
The uncomfortable feelings expressed by several people here are just
the reflection of not-knowing the real position where Rhapsody stands.
Even Rhapsody was ported onto Intel, can it compete with Solaris, HP-
UX, SGI, IBM's RISC-6000, etc.? The simpler, the better, that is my
approach and also is Jobs approach. I think drawing bunch of yellow,
red boxes to make the system very complicated, looks sophisticated but
not appreciated by developers. Well, I think that is the best way
Dr. Gil could get away with.
Phil |
