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Think different,think of an Apple 2� with linux
I think i have a much better commercial idea than Mac OS X:
1/Get the shell of the iMac
just for the pretty look
2/put inside a low cost compatible PC with a big hard disk
the processor,an intel compatible, could be manufactured by Motorola or
AMD or Cyrix,or be an Intel,all the Hardware should be standart
compatible device,apple will produce Monitors,Printers,Scanner Modems
and others but you could use standart PC-compatible device too,of
course.
3/on the first partition of the hard disk put linux:
the quality and security level of this linux will be the same as linux
RedHat,all should be under GNU license except as with the RedHat,the
installation program and some other stuff,apple's programmers will make
easy configuration tools,programs that autodetect and configure device
as in the Mac,Apple device will be particularly easy to configure as the
hardware is known by the kernel.Linux will be preinstalled and
configured.StarOffice or somethink like that will be shipped with
linux.This Linux box should as easy to use as a Mac due to the talent of
Apple Programmers!
4/on the second partition Win2000
in the present it is commercially indispensable hence buyers could have
the possibility to buy it separately or not to buy it.In the future
there will be no more necessary as everybody will use Linux ;-)
no other comment except that ou can erase it if you want...
5/on the third partition MacOS
a Mac OS compiled for intel.Should be technically possible,i think.
This not necessary to the commercial success of the operation as Mac
user are a minority and will be optional( as Windows2000)
6/on the fourth primaty partition ummmhhhhhhhh... the linux swap!
7/put the apple 2�(=apple 4,historically there was apple 1 (1979)
created by S.Wosniak and Steve Jobs,apple 2 the great,apple 3 (not a
success story),and now! 20 year later the apple 4!) logo on it and sell
it AT THE PRICE OF A NORMAL PC-COMPATIBLE! (after all it is a PC
compatible,linux is free software,and you have the choice to do not buy
Windows2000)
an other idea of name for this computer: Apple Steve !
I will buy such a computer.
who other people than me will buy it?
1/ people who want a PC home computer compatible with all the software
and device of the windows world,of course it's a compatible!
2/ people that want to use mac software because it have Mac OS
3/ people that want to use Linux and free software,it will be compatible
with all the intel386 archive or .rpm that you can find on the
internet!(thousands of software)
finally you have a product that will hit the whole World market!
i will talk a little about Mac OS X now:
Mac OS X is based on Unix BSD.
who will buy it? processing by elimination:
Not the people that want a PC-compatible.(95% of the users!) because Mac
OS X will be shipped only for Mac hardware.
Not the Linux users which are a majority of student or programmers and
use both windows and linux on their machine.
in fact,Mac users will buy it including some people that need Unix as a
server and have trust both in Unix BSD and Apple Mac.
the result is that ONLY A MINORITY WILL BUY MAC OS X
that is because my Apple 2� will be a much better idea.
It will be fun to put again on the back of my car an Apple sticker...
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Damien Mattei / e-mail: Damien.Mattei@altavista.net
Web page: http://perso.libertysurf.fr/damien_mattei/
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