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dks@athena.mit.edu (dks) writes:
>>The problem, of course, is that it's really difficult to ever put out a
>>product (especially a moderately well-tested, stable product) if you
>>don't pick some point and freeze the feature set there. If Claris had
>>delayed MacDraw Pro until Sys7 features could go in and testing be done,
>>would that be more acceptable? Or would people be bashing Claris for
>>long delays instead of for leaving out Sys7 features?

>We're talking about a wholly owned Apple subsidiary here.  If I can read
>Tech Notes, so bloody well can they.  Not to mention the little detail
>that System 7 itself was slightly late so that there ought to have been
>ample time to put in all the features and bugs we were expecting.  Besides,
>if Claris doesn't showcase OS7 features, who do you think will?

That's not the point. The point is:
	1) At some point Claris decided to freeze MacDraw Pro's
		feature set.
	2) At that point, Sys7 features weren't in the feature set.

Given these two things, it made more sense for MacDraw Pro to come out
as is. It also means, most likely that Claris froze the feature set at
a dumb point, given that "everybody" knew that Sys7 was on its way.
Nevertheless, I prefer software that exists (MacDraw Pro) to software
that is semi-infinitely delayed (MacWrite Pro).

--John

        It wasn't lies, Jenny, it was acting.
                -- Nevil Sinclair, _The_Rocketeer_

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