Can software makers "Carbonize" their apps for Longhorn?

the cool gutthe cool gut
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Was just wondering ... software makers were able to carbonize their OS9 apps so they could port to OSX without an entire re-write. Will they be doing this for the transition to Longhorn, or do they need to start from scratch?

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    hyperb0lehyperb0le Posts: 142member
    Developers wont even need to "Carbonize" their apps for Longhorn. Longhorn will be compatible with all current applications. This is actually the root of many Windows problems (security aside). MS tries to keep everybody happy by keeping legacy code around, but in the end, it just keeps them from making a truly good OS. It's pretty difficult to make a good OS when you have to support everything made for a bad OS.
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    the cool gutthe cool gut Posts: 1,714member
    thanks. during apple's financial report, Steve Jobs said developers had to re-write their software to take andvantage of Longhorns new features ... like Indigo, or whatever the **** it's called. Would that entail a partial re-write then?
  • Reply 3 of 3
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Yup.



    If they want the new features, they have to rewrite. Lovely lovely static languages.



    OTOH, with Cocoa you can get new features for free, without even a recompile. Gotta love it.
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