What does it mean?
While everybody is celebrating, I'm wondering what this will mean in the long run. For example, since Intel Macs are now able to boot Windows, won't some developers figure that there is no longer a compelling need to create an OSX version of their software? Adobe for example has said that it won't be until next year that an OSX version of Photoshop able to run natively on Intel Macs will be available, but a Windows version of Photoshop that will run natively on Intel Macs running Windows is currently available. Commentator, John Dvorak, with whom I disagree on almost every subject and almost all the time, speculated a few weeks ago that Apple might abandon OSX when Vista becomes available. Could he have been right? The one thing that would stand in the way of such an unfortunate development is that it would likely set off a great deal of anti-trust litigation. In other words, Microsoft needs Apple to prevent potentially devastating legal assault. So I am far from certain as to what the meaning of this move is, other than that it, momentarily, pleases stock market speculators - most of whom were certain of Apple's demise a few years ago.
