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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by indymike on Thursday August 14, 2025 @05:24PM (#44905871)
> If we’re simply arguing

Not arguing. The context is that MS had much more capable hardware to run 95 on than the 68020 based Macs.

> seem to be conflating

Not really. Just providing some context as to why MS was able to get a jump while Apple got held back by hardware.

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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by deaddodo on Friday August 15, 2025 @11:39AM (#44913734)
> The context is that MS had much more capable hardware to run 95 on than the 68020 based Macs.

MacOS 8's initial release was after PowerPC-based hardware was already released. The OS had a separate kernel for that hardware. MacOS 9 never ran on 68k hardware (with an MMU or not).

It was perfectly capable of having that functionality, yet didn't.

You're just retroactively applying rationale to a bad design and making bad faith arguments (or "explanations"). Even Apple knew it was bad, that's why they threw it out.

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