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In article <1992Apr13.025915.16450@m.cs.uiuc.edu> coolidge@cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>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.

Tautology.


>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.

My point, exactly.  Enough said, on my part at least.


Cheers,
Dhanesh