Re: Apple's latest downgrades...

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From: Steve Rogers
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 00:00

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darren hayles <darren@renful.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I would have a guess that apple are trying to make a little bit of money
> so that they dont vanish into oblivion.

Poor little company, only worth 15 billion quid or whatever!-)

> By taking off extra editing features that were on previous versions of
> software forces the user to upgrade, therefore making apple money,
> something that it has not had the best track record on.

But it isn't an upgrade.  An upgrade might well be worth paying for.
QT3 takes away facilities QT2.5 licenced me for, which makes it a
downgrade.

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Date: 1998/06/08
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