Here is a somewhat technical explanation of what happened, and some 
possible solutions.

http://macsmarticles.blogspot.com/2011/07/rosetta-is-gone-from-mac-os-x-lion.html

Of course, none of them might work in your situation. Perhaps the most 
practical one is to partition your disk and run Lion in one partition 
and Snow Leopard in the other, but that assumes that you have a big 
enough disk. Fortunately, large disks aren't too expensive.

The other alternative is to figure out how to do without PPC 
applications, so you don't need Rosetta. We've seen many howls of 
anguish on the Net from folks who swear they can't do without Quicken, 
for example, but once they calm down, and think about it, they probably 
will figure out a way.

Unfortunately, technology marches on.

Jon Johanning // [log in to unmask]


On 7/29/11 3:40 AM, Anne Cuneo wrote:
> My puzzlement isn't going to help any of you with your technical problems, I am
> still hesitating to upgrade myself. But I am really puzzled to see that, if I
> understand correctly, Apple makes very difficult, if not impossible, to keep
> Rosetta. Working conditions are made worse for many million peoples in many
> lands in the name of free enterprise, supposedly to give more choice to
> everybody, but Apple tells us it has a monopole, and will force consumers to
> give up irreplaceable programs.
> I love my Mac, but I find this scandalous.
> I am done with my two bits of irritation.
> Cheers.
> Anne
>