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Don Schmelling (dons@olympus.net) spake thusly:
: David P. Summers (Summers@Ethyl-the-Frog.ARC.NASA.gov) wrote:
: : In article <19950906.118DCF8.10C69@olympus.net>, dons@olympus.net (Don
: : Schmelling) wrote:
: : >: Power Mac only software is very rare.  Most software packages ship either
: : >: in two versions that the installer picks from as appropriate, or as a fat
: : >: binary which runs on either machine.
: : 
: : > That is sad to hear.  I keep hearing how good Power Macs are but they
: : > do not even have a good software base?  Maybee someday you will actually
: : > see software developed for the power Mac.
: : 
: : He meant that Power Mac _only_ software is very rare (I haven't seen
: : any).  _Not_ that Power Mac software is rare.  Software is either
: : available either in both versions (uncommon) or in a version that
: : has both PowerPC code and 680x0 code (and your computer just loads
: : what it needs).
:
: I was also talking about Power Mac _only_ software.  My point was that
: means the biggest gain of the power Mac is just a speed up for running
: old Mac software.

Are you saying that if a software package is available for both 68K and 
PPC Macs, you discount it--even if it's PPC-native--for the purpose of
determining whether the PowerMacintosh line has a "good software base?"
If so, then that is one of the most brain-dead comments I have ever
heard anyone make.  I sure hope that either I misunderstood your point,
or that you have a *very* good reason for your position.

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