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Somehow Apple has been able to port their entire operating system from PPC to Intel to ARM. I think they could manage porting a bit of iWork code.
by tlrobinson 13y ago
Somehow Apple has been able to port their entire operating system from PPC to Intel to ARM. I think they could manage porting a bit of iWork code.
- 001sky 13y agoexactly... they friggin switched CPUs
- acqq 13y agoTwo times! 1994 -- switch from Motorola to PowerPC. 2006 -- switch from PowerPC to Intel
- stefan_kendall3 13y agoIt's not about 'can they'. It's about 'should they'. Can I build a flappy bird clone? Sure. Should I? Hell no. I have more profitable projects to work on given a fixed amount of time and resources. If you think this is money left on the table, then build the 'small utility' to convert the format yourself. If you make money, huzzah, you were right. If you don't, then you were wrong, and this is a niche use case that isn't worth the investment.