Request about OS Development

[kolla]

Obviously there's a difference in man-power and funding, but has anyone done an analysis of how Apple moved MacOS from PPC to Intel and the application of those ideas to AmigaOS?

Apple never did this "move", the OS was running on Intel since NeXTStep days. It was ported *from* Intel *to* PowerPC through the days of Rhapsody, released as OSX once port was done. And for how many years was OSX as product PowerPC only? Very few, just enough for third party developers to move away from old MacOS.

[kolla]

Take any given HW that does not have a financial interest behind it and see how fast things fall apart.....


Linux may be free to use, but very little of it is actually done for free.

Got any example of such an architecture?

[kolla]

When they switched to intel they threw out MacOS and replaced it with MacOSX. This it the equivalent of installing Linux with an Amiga themed window manager and running AROS Hosted on it.

Again, no. OS-X was when porting *to* PowerPC was finished, not porting to Intel. Sigh.

[kolla]

A lot of money gets spent on Linux development.

Sure, but you kinda came with a reversed answer

I was interested in architectures that have lost kernel support due to lack of money.

[kolla]

MacOS X always ran on Intel, they just didn't sell it. MacOS X was essentially a reskinned NextStep, it ran on x86 before it ran on PowerPC.

Exactly, this time you got it right

[kolla]

So getting me to expand my answer for your pedantry was worthwhile?

Sure, because what you said first was wrong, simple as that.