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OG iPhone had Google as Maps provider and YouTube both within Apple shells and the branding downplayed in Maps case That’s the only case I can think of where i

OG iPhone had Google as Maps provider and YouTube both within Apple shells and the branding downplayed in Maps case That’s the only case I can think of where it’s an external tech you’re making requests to, usually it’s things like Rosetta made out of Apple IIRC but integrated internally

latexr 2y ago
> Rosetta is made out of Apple IIRC but integrated internally Don’t think that’s right. I think Rosetta was always made inside Apple. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(software) Perhaps mixing it up because of Rosetta Stone? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone_(software)
- kevbin 2y ago
  > Transitive is providing the engine used in Apple's Rosetta software, which translates software for its current machines using PowerPC processors so it can run on forthcoming Intel-based Macintoshes. "We've had a long-term relationship with them," Transitive Chief Executive Bob Wiederhold said Tuesday. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/the-brains-behind-apples-rosetta-transitive/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/the-brains-b...
  - latexr 2y ago
    Thank you for the correction. For those wanting to know more, the technology was called QuickTransit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTransit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTransit Rosetta 2 may have been developed in-house, though. That bit isn’t yet clear.
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