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From: Andrew Welch
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 00:00

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In article <mcox-ya02408000R0305980946240001@newsource.ihug.co.nz>,
mcox@ihug.co.nz (Martin Cox) wrote:

> In article <garyz-0205981222220001@cx42105-a.irvn1.occa.home.com>,
> garyz@chromaconcepts.com (Gary Zuercher) wrote:
> 
> >Something tells me Rhapsody is going to change a lot of developer thinking
> >when it becomes possible to write code once and easily recompile it for
> >almost any platform.
> 
> Ah, but that requires the PC owner to actually _have_ Rhapsody (or the
> multi-hued box under Windows) which isn't likely to take a large enough
> percentage of the market to convince game companies (IMHO).

No, it does not.  Rhapsody applications (written to the "yellow box" spec)
will run ON TOP of Windows 95/98 or Windows NT.  The libraries that are
needed for this to happen can be shipped with the application, free of
charge.  The Windows user won't even have to know it is a rhapsody app.

That said, for action games, I doubt this is too viable of an alternative,
at least currently.  The yellowbox is much more geared towards traditional
apps.

> Most PC users have enough trouble understanding Windows, let alone another
> OS on top of it...
> 
> --
> Martin Cox <mcox@ihug.co.nz>
> The (Incomplete) VirtualPC User's Guide   
<http://shell.ihug.co.nz/~mcox/vpc/>

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From: andrew@AmbrosiaSW.com (Andrew Welch)
Subject: Re: sad news on the gaming front...
Date: 1998/05/02
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