iMAC ships August '98 , AAPL to join a Wintel USB software group
Where , oh where is Rhapsody , or why , oh why did you kill Rhapsody ?
UNIX popping up again with the requirement for USB drivers to support August's iMAC :
" Refusing to concede the server market to Intel and Microsoft, major Unix software vendors are joining forces in an attempt to add some of Windows NT's simplicity, such as a hot-pluggable interface for peripherals, to their own variants of the Unix operating system ...
Apple, which offers USB as the sole interface in its new iMac low-cost computer, is not yet a member of the group but is considering hooking up with its fellow Wintel opponents...
Apple will deliver iMac, a "USB-only" system, in August, ...
Apple also will build USB into "a variety of future products," Shebanek (WW Prod. Mgr.) said. USB support is built into the Mac OS reference release scheduled for this fall and into Mac OS X (which stands for Version 10), he added.
With iMAC due in August , and MacOS USB support not due to later in the Fall , do you believe Rhapsody/UNIX was "murdered" by its originator 5/11/98 ?
Jim K.
Source: infoworld.com |
