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To: Sam Scrutchins who wrote (13926)	5/21/1998 2:06:00 PM
From: rhet0ric	Respond to of 213182

Does this mean that if an application is programmed for Rhapsody, then I can load it either on a Mac or a PC (with the correct Rhapsody OS product, of course) and it will run? Yes, for Yellow Box apps. It's not clear whether this will also be the case with Carbon apps (which would mean Mac apps could run on PCs). Yellow Box is currently being revised, but it will remain cross-platform. And, Yellow Box apps can be run in Rhapsody (PPC and Intel) or in Windows (as long as extra DLL files are installed). Stepwise (http://www.stepwise.com/) has very good explanations of Rhapsody. (I thought all this stuff was common knowledge by now). rhet0ric

To: Sam Scrutchins who wrote (13926)	5/22/1998 12:56:00 AM
From: Jonathan Bird	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

Does this mean that if an application is programmed for Rhapsody, then I can load it either on a Mac or a PC (with the correct Rhapsody OS product, of course) and it will run? No, it would need to be re-compiled for the specific microprocessor platform. But it will require very little extra work on the part of the developer. It may be possible to have a "fat" app that had both PPC and x86 code compilations in one file, much like the mac can use fat ppc and 68k apps. This would of course result in much larger applications. It may also be possible to write the App in Java for yellow box and avoid separate re-compiles. You would however take a significant performance hit with this route. Considering how easy it would be just to recompile for the specific microprocessor its probably not worth it. I dont think the details of these last two options have been worked out yet. Jon Bird