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From: ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Upgrade Policies in general (MicroSoft particularly)
Message-ID: <31856@cup.portal.com>
Date: 18 Jul 90 11:50:20 GMT
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<I would say Apple if anyone. Basically Microsoft did some things utilizing the
<way the System worked. When Apple upgraded, they had to implement changes in
<order to make room for the IIci and the portable. It was Apple's change in arc
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< etechture that screwed things up.
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So how come most other companies had no trouble keeping their programs
working without change when Apple released 6.0.4?  Could it be that
Microsoft violated the rules somewhere in Excel?

							Tim Smith