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jo0e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jared M. Oberhaus) writes:

>I don't see why Microsoft Mail or QuickMail shouldn't just run under
>A/UX as is.  All applications should have been made 32-bit clean years
>ago after the Mac II came out. The problem is, like Mike said, is that
>some companies like Microsoft just don't follow the rules.
>I love all of Microsoft's products. They are all terrific minus the fact
>that they don't follow Apple programming guidelines. I've heard stories
>about Apple having to change System software to get Excel or Word to
>work correctly!
>I vote that Microsoft and all software companies should follow the
>rules. The toolbox is infinitely flexible, but upward compatibility
>won't be if the rules are broken.

I understand there have been debate about merits on either side of the fence.
All I wnat to say is, do software companies include Apple? Because no one
told them about it when they wrote HyperCard (Human Interface Guidelines) or
A/UX 2.0, where it assumed the presence of an FPU on all '030 machines. :)

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