Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven!mimsy!mojo!russotto From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Tail patches Message-ID: <1989Nov21.153508.1872@eng.umd.edu> Date: 21 Nov 89 15:35:08 GMT References: <5249@internal.Apple.COM> <17090@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <5292@internal.Apple.COM> <1989Nov20.182741.2658@eng.umd.edu> <5320@internal.Apple.COM> <1989Nov21.040138.344@eng.umd.edu> <21353@brunix.UUCP> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (The News System) Reply-To: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Organization: Merriversity of Uniland, College Purgatory Lines: 15 In article <21353@brunix.UUCP> ejd@iris.brown.edu (Ed Devinney) writes: > Jeeeezzzuss, guys...when did Apple (aside from Steve Jobs maybe) claim that >the Mac family would be upward-compatible forever? And if they did, when >were you gullible enough to believe them? That is the whole argument. Apple claimed, and continues to claim, that any program that follows their guidelines will work on all future platforms. This simply isn't so. >++++++ >ed devinney...IRIS/Brown University, Providence, RI...ejd@iris.brown.edu >-- "...she treated me like a brother - a ubiquitous feature that I have >discovered in 97% of the women who drive me crazy..." Satch Carlson-- -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu ][, ][+, ///, ///+, //e, //c, IIGS, //c+ --- Any questions? You know you are in trouble when you need a kill file for 'junk'!