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From: R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Piggiback ROMs (2 TOS versions
Message-ID: <23457@cup.portal.com>
Date: 28 Oct 89 17:54:28 GMT
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>>  Of course there is a way to switch between two version of TOS !
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>Right...
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>How many ComputerLand or BusinessLand customers are going to sit through
>this kind of bullshit and still walk out the door with your product..?
> 
>Does the figure %00.00.00001 have any meaning...?
> 
>Atari Corp. is still in the minor leagues as far as truly credible computer

Hmm... if breaking alot of old software with a new OS release makes Atari
a "minor league" computer company... what is DEC with their release of
VAX VMS 5.0 (followed quickly by 5.0-1 then 5.1 then 5.1-1). VAX VMS 5 broke
so much software (even some DEC things, not just 3rd party stuff) that it
was impossible to use for an awful long time where I work.

Just because an OS upgrade breaks things doesn't say the company isn't
doing a good job (of course with DEC it was easier to get fixed upgrades
to the broken software, but if I was paying thousands of dollars per
application program... I would expect INSTANT bug fixes too).

                                        R. Tim Coslet

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