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Originally posted by Cipher13: Intelligent and reasonable response, as always... I'd expect no less. 
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Originally posted by Cipher13: The first system I had ran 6.0.4, so yes, I was present for that. Yes, System 7 screwed up a lot of ****. Yes, I'm probably too young to really remember the effect it had on things, but as far as I'm aware, MOST things were updated very swiftly, as opposed to the 9 -> X change, whereby most things have not been at all. Why, I don't know, but the point remains. |
1. *very* few things actually b0rked to the point where they didn't work in Classic (this doesn't include games)
2. For those that did break even in Classic, re-booting into OS9 has remained an option on every single Mac sold before January 2003
3. Rewriting something for OS X is probably quite a bit more work than rewriting something for System 6 --> System 7
4. Apple has a smaller marketshare these days.
5. Free alternatives being ported over from other *nixes reducing pressure and incentive on commercial developers to port.
As it is, I believe the number of applications now being ported to OS X from *other* OSen is probably quite a bit higher than the number of applications *not* being (or not yet) ported from Mac OS 9.
-s*