Leopard Server hardware requirements?

[John C. Welch]

On 10/02/2007 14:08 PM, "Nat!" <nat at mulle-kybernetik.com> wrote:

>>>> And, just for the record, phasing out old equipment is good for
>>>> everyone, as it means less legacy code in the OIS to support old
>>>> hardware.
>
>>> That's a funny use of "good for everyone".
>
>> No, it's a perfect use of it. Being able to keep the codebase updated,
>> especially with regard to hardware is a good thing. It means fewer
>> workarounds and easier ability to rewrite when necessary.
>

> And that's another funny use of "good for everyone".

> It reminds me of the famous quote "What's good for General Motors is
> good for the country."

Apple tried supporting every mac ever made and doing a brand new OS once. It
was called Copland. Resounding success.

Oh wait, no, it never even made it into beta.

The ability to say "No" is critical in any successful large - scale project.
I fail to see why that magically doesn't apply here, nor why not being able
to run Leopard on everything that ever supported every version of Mac OS X
is some kind of problem.

Will your Mac OS X 10.4 machines burst into flame on Leopard's release date?
No, no they will not. So it is probably *your* definition of "good for
everyone" (which translates to "don't ever inconvenience me regardless of
reason") that is far more amusing here.

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