Darth Jobs, Part 2- Is Transitive Technologies “the Force”?

As reported on website Macrumors.com, in 2001 a company named Transitive Technologies demonstrated a technology that allows programs compiled for one CPU to be run on another at 80% efficiency. Additionally, in 2003, the company reported they had a “major customer” they would not name; and in 2004, they released a technology named “Quick Transit” that allows programs compiled for one operating system to be run on another.

Could this technology be the “missing link” that provides the bridge to allow Apple to switch to x86?

As I said yesterday, the problem such a switch would be for me would the huge investment I already have in the Mac platform, money spent after already investing hugely in Windows. Solutions that would enable me to accept such a move from Apple without malice are an Intel manufactured PowerPC or incorporation into a future Mac operating system technology that allowed me to run my current software on the new OS with only small performance hits. If I upgraded to a new Mac and my applications ran as faster or faster than they had on my old machine, then I’d have no beef with Apple about stepping up.

If Apple is really heading out in an x86 direction, they need to provide its current customers with just such an option.