Re: Re2: * Takeover Proposal *

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From: Kent Sandvik
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 00:04

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In article <1992Dec26.022347.9730@netcom.com>, nagle@netcom.com (John
Nagle) wrote:
>       It's almost as if Apple were killing off the Mac, like they
> killed off the Lisa.  Is Scully really betting the company on 
> Power PC, the "strategic alliance" with IBM, and "personal digital
> assistants"?  Some published interviews indicate that he is thinking
> along those lines.  

Well, I've been involved with PowerPC for a long time, and the
platform will run existing binaries in emulation mode (quite well
and fast based on the current tests we've done), as well
as have a new native API that is a refinement of the current one so
there's not a lot of work concerning a port to PowerPC.

I just wanted to tone down the idea that our switch to PowerPC will
somehow obsolete the current and future application base. In other
words expect the Mac to be alive for another 10-20 years or more.

Cheers,
Kent
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