Re: Portable yes, Mac NO !

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From: Russell Donnan
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1989 21:39

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In article <21247@ut-emx.UUCP> chrisj@emx.UUCP (Chris Johnson) writes:
>In article <2106@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> sharp@ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Maurice Sharp) writes:

Having replied to Maurice already, I just couldn't pass up this one.  Sorry...
I hate to re-order Chris' posting, but it suits my needs.  ;-)

>All in all, the simple fact that arbitrarily-chosen-program-X, crashes on any
>make of Macintosh (Portable or otherwise) doesn't necessarily tell us anything
>about the Macintosh in question.

This I agree with whole-heartedly!  It isn't the Mac's fault, so don't
blame Apple!

>The Macintosh Portable is a *real* Macintosh in every respect - right down
>to the fact that developers that don't play by the rules when they write
>software are going to create programs that are very likely to break, sooner
>or later.  ... <deleted>

This I don't agree with.  Most of the programs which don't work on the
portable follow the Macintosh Developer Guidlines to the letter.  What
has happened is a machine which was not in the guidlines has come out,
and the software had to make an assumption about it.  Now, please tell
me, if you had to make a guess...  Would you think that a new Mac would
have Color QD?  I know I would.  Anyway, I'm sure the new software will
be out soon enough.  Well worth the wait for the Mac Portable IMHO.

-Russ

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Russ Donnan  (415) 623-2121
Amdahl Corporation, Key Computer Laboratories, Fremont, CA, USA
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From: russ@key.COM (Russell Donnan)
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Subject: Re: Portable yes, Mac NO !
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Date: 22 Nov 89 21:39:27 GMT
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