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In article <9713@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) writes:
>MicroSoft delibrately takes shortcuts which they know will compromise
>the future integrity of their software, or that Apple Computer Company
>does not fully document their operating system, perhaps even
>internally.  I know what I believe.  This kind of thing becomes a

I've used Microsoft products since the early Apple ][ days, and I know
what I believe. It doesn't surprise me at all that they (and a great number
of other companies) ignore the published info in favor of speed, compactness,
or maybe just laziness. It's kind of interesting to haul out old software
when a new system release comes out, and see what still works. I've noticed
something: a great deal of software doesn't work on a Mac II, doesn't work
under Multifinder, doesn't work under System 6.0, etc, individually or
together. The software that DOES work on one of these usually works on them
all. I've seen a LOT of obvious mistakes (things that break on a Mac II
that were "bad practice" in IM vol. 1)
I don't mean that Apple never changes things, but I think a lot more of
the problems are caused by "cheating" than by changes from Apple.
	Robert
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University of Oklahoma, Engineering Computer Network
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