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> what software engineer at Apple would be willing to take on that role? One being paid to do so? People still work with COBOL. If you have trouble finding eng

> what software engineer at Apple would be willing to take on that role? One being paid to do so? People still work with COBOL. If you have trouble finding engineers to do it, offer a higher salary. > Also, even if the hardware were supported, what third party software company would still support PPC Macs? Some software is still supported for Windows XP, and that's considerably older than the last PPC Macs. It would certainly be a whole lot easier to support if Apple still did the same. In any case my point is that they absolutely have the resources to do this. I don't see how that's at all controversial given how much money they have.

goosedragons 4y ago
There's still Linux distros supporting 32bit PPC Macs.
- scarface74 4y ago
  And how many people are actually getting paid to do so and how many companies are selling software for them?
scarface74 4y ago
> One being paid to do so? People still work with COBOL. If you have trouble finding engineers to do it, offer a higher salary. Higher salary than who? Do you really think old COBOL programmers (FWIW I’m 48) are making more than the average new college grad working at any major tech company? And besides if you know how raises and promotions work at tech companies, you would know they are based on “impact” and “scope”. You don’t demonstrate either by saying “I spent all last year supporting MacOS on a PowerPC 6100 from 1994 doesn’t speak well to either. Unless you work at Google where it’s based on creating new messaging app that will be killed in a year. Is the average COBOL programmer even making close to the same $170K+ that I’ve seen returning interns make at major tech companies (including the one I mentored) > Some software is still supported for Windows XP, and that's considerably older than the last PPC Macs. How much mainstream software is supported by XP? Microsoft Office? Adobe software? Modern browsers? Modern games? > In any case my point is that they absolutely have the resources to do this. I don't see how that's at all controversial given how much money they have Yes and they also had the money to buy Twitter. But what moron would do something that stupid?

goosedragons 4y ago

There's still Linux distros supporting 32bit PPC Macs.

scarface74 4y ago
And how many people are actually getting paid to do so and how many companies are selling software for them?

scarface74 4y ago

> One being paid to do so? People still work with COBOL. If you have trouble finding engineers to do it, offer a higher salary. Higher salary than who? Do you really think old COBOL programmers (FWIW I’m 48) are making more than the average new college grad working at any major tech company? And besides if you know how raises and promotions work at tech companies, you would know they are based on “impact” and “scope”. You don’t demonstrate either by saying “I spent all last year supporting MacOS on a PowerPC 6100 from 1994 doesn’t speak well to either. Unless you work at Google where it’s based on creating new messaging app that will be killed in a year. Is the average COBOL programmer even making close to the same $170K+ that I’ve seen returning interns make at major tech companies (including the one I mentored) > Some software is still supported for Windows XP, and that's considerably older than the last PPC Macs. How much mainstream software is supported by XP? Microsoft Office? Adobe software? Modern browsers? Modern games? > In any case my point is that they absolutely have the resources to do this. I don't see how that's at all controversial given how much money they have Yes and they also had the money to buy Twitter. But what moron would do something that stupid?