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Re: What do we lose with NeXTStep 3.0?

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From: Rob Gerth
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:43
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In article <1992Aug18.193615.29921@cco.caltech.edu> ernest@pundit.cithep.caltech.edu (Ernest Prabhakar) writes:
>In article <4634@news.duke.edu> kdb@work5 (Kurt Bollacker) writes:
>>  However, what will we lose when upgrading
>> to 3.0.  According to NeXT we will lost the DSP development tools, the music
>> kit, and maybe some other demos.

>You don't necessarily *lose* anything.  Things that are not part of the 3.0  
>release (e.g., Icon, DSP stuff) are -by default- deleted as part of the upgrade
>process.  However, it is very friendly about it, and you can search through the
>list of changes and tell it NOT to delete stuff.

Interesting. If I buy a NeXT *after* 3.0 ships can I downgrade to 2.0 to get
at this stuff? Or is this the advantage of being an early convert :-)
Rob
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Subject: Re: What do we lose with NeXTStep 3.0?
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