Re: [L-OT] OS-X on Intel... AMD? Interesting article.
2002-09-03 by Jeremy Martin
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From: Lachlan Deck <ldeck@...> Date: Tue Sep 3, 2002 0:43am Subject: Re: [LUG] [CROSS] OS-X on Intel... AMD? Interesting article. Hi there, On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 02:00 PM, ReadyFireAim wrote: >> You grossly misunderstand and miscalculate what a "hacker" >> can do. It's one thing to crack a piece of software that is >> intended to run on certain machine. It's an entirely different >> thing to "crack" a piece of software (ie.... an operating system) >> that is not intended to run on a certain computer. >> >> Remember, the processor itself isn't the entire computer. >> >> >> f-erenc szabo, smarty pants >> Z+E+R+O+B+E+A+T > > on the other hand, plenty of "hackers" have involved themselves in the > X-Box Linux project (porting linux to the MS XBOX platform--which has > been very successful)-- i'm sure there are MANY slashdotters out there > who would jump at the chance to port X to x86-- given a few months, > and a large framework of people, the system would function just fine > on intel hardware. You have unknowingly outlined the main difference... The open source Linux community have *ported* _their_ OS to another Hardware architecture. Notice the porting did not go the other way around. - Linux already runs on PPC for years. And therefore needs no porting. - Darwin (also open source) already runs on x86. So what's the point of this discussion? > about the only practical thing apple could do to try and stem > "un-authorized" hardware from running an x86 compatible version of X > is to write a proprietary BIOS for the motherboard-- i'm sure people > would be able to aquire the logic boards (ebay) with relative ease-- > the rest is all software checksums; which again, can be rooted. Good luck... If that's all it took - why has this not already been done? Mac OS X has been available for over 2 years (including betas). Darwin is already on x86 - so what's up with these so called talented hackers, as they haven't got OS X happening yet...They are spending most of their time petitioning Apple instead, "Please give it to us"... This is a pointless discussion... with regards, -- Lachlan Deck ldeck@t...