Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
Re: Why Apple compare Apache on OS X with IIS on NT
Author: Chris Hanson Posted: 3/19/1999; 5:36:33 PM Topic: Why Apple compare Apache on OS X with IIS on NT Msg #: 4320 (In response to 4317) Prev/Next: 4319 / 4321 "What case can Apple make to developers who are hanging on by the skin of their teeth in the Mac market anyway that they should sink large amounts of cash into developing software for an O/S whose installations number in the mere hundreds right now?"Apple has said that future versions of Mac OS X Server will be based on the Mac OS X core that they've been working on. This has the Carbon Toolbox-compatible API right alongside the Yellow Box so instead of rewriting your MacOS applications you can tweak them into running natively on the new system. This is Apple's value proposition now.
It's a good thing Apple finally gave up on their "rewrite your applications or else" line last year. That was the worst message possible to send MacOS developers, and I think a lot are still smarting over it. They were even talking that way about Copland! Fortunately, that's no longer the message.
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