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Article #9932Re: CBM's "blessing"
From: Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 1988 08:32
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 1988 08:32
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In article <2001@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> @aplvax.jhuapl.edu:trn@warper.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo) writes:
>In article <7226@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
>> DPaint ][ required 1.2 to function, and was released about the same
>>time 1.2 came out. This didn't stop users from buying DPaint ][ and
>>upgrading to 1.2.
>
> Bad example. No ROM changes were needed to upgrade from 1.1 to 1.2.
Nor are there for 1.3, unless you want auto-boot capability.
>> Enlighten me: How does Apple upgrade its Mac OS?
>
> With callous disregard for its customer base. However, they seem to
> be a little better at maintaining backwards compatability.
>
Excuse me? 99% of 1.1 software worked under 1.2; *all* 1.2 software
works under 1.3. I've heard every Finder release is a nightmare (of course,
my sources are biased).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!gatech!bloom-beacon!apple!well!ewhac From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: CBM's "blessing" Summary: Is this really Butte, Montana, or just existential blues? Message-ID: <7264@well.UUCP> Date: 1 Oct 88 08:32:09 GMT References: <7239@gryphon.CTS.COM> <7226@well.UUCP> <2001@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Organization: Nothing to do with Pixar. Lines: 24 Quote: "Gorbachev sings tractors: Turnip! Buttocks!" -- Pravda