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To: Richard Habib who wrote (24516)	5/3/1999 12:12:00 PM
From: HerbVic	Read Replies (2) of 213177

>> and Apple has specifically stated it has no interest in that arena for which it has little likelyhood of success. << Now Rich! Do you really think that Apple would tip their hand this early if they did have an interest? Consider the time line. By the time the Merced chip goes into full production, OS X server will be a maturing operating system with OS X client available. Thin clients are sure to follow in lock step. Direct from the Tree: "Built on core open technologies like Mach, BSD, and 100% pure Java, Mac OS X Server lets you run a multitude of existing applications from Day One. The Mach 2.5 microkernel and a full BSD 4.4 environment implement most of the Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) APIs for easily porting standard Unix server applications. Mac OS X Server also gives you a fully compatible version of the Java Virtual Machine (JDK 1.1.6), tightly integrated with the native object model and threads for astonishing stability and efficiency." And it's bundled with WebObjects 4. >>Microsoft is already running a 64 bit NT on Merced simulation.<< That is a long way from "quite ready for high end enterprise work." Apple has an opportunity here to do unto Gates as Gates did unto Apple in 1983/84. If the performance improvement of the highly touted Merced warrants the attention of "high end enterprise" MIS departments, you can bet that the legacy NT aps will do little to persuade them from a Unix based and quite mature OS X. Apple does not have to offer a Merced box, though it might. All Apple has to do is license OS Xmt. HerbVic

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