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Subject: Re: Would the design be right this time? (Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD?
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Date: 20 Dec 1994 07:07:49 GMT
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Peter da Silva (peter@bonkers.taronga.com) wrote:
: In article <3crhm2$fm8@tuba.cit.cornell.edu>,
: S. Lee <sl14@crux4.cit.cornell.edu> wrote:
: >I hate to admit this really sounds like a Mac, but Apple did get their
: >designs right.
: Sorta. So long as they don't follow Apples "document nothing and break
: compatibility on a whim" policy. Otherwise you're not going to get any
: third party software on them.
Could you go into more detail about this policy?
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