Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!grian!alex From: alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Norton Utilities Message-ID: <1990Jul25.033229.2773@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> Date: 25 Jul 90 03:32:29 GMT References: <5510@mnetor.UUCP> < <1990Jul16.234631.29803@terminator.cc.umich.edu>> <1990Jul19.044510.17461@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> <1990Jul20.192816.1139@efi.com> Organization: Workman & Associates Lines: 28 tim@efi.com (Tim Maroney) writes: >rk39+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert Joseph Kuszewski) writes: >>>According to this week's issue of InfoWorld, Norton Utilities for the >>>Macintosh will NEVER be released. The article went on to say that the "best >>>features" of Norton Utils for the Mac will be integrated into the next >>>release of SUM. >In article <1990Jul19.044510.17461@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> >liz@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Liz Allen-Mitchell) writes: >>This is completely wrong. The product will be shipped just as soon as all of >>show-stopper bugs have been removed. >> >>If people who had no information to provide, but were merely making up >>factoids, were barred from Usenet, the net would have about 1% the bandwidth >>of today. This is one of the factoids that would be removed. >This is far too harsh a denunciation of someone who is merely repeating >an inaccurate press report. Agreed, and I apologize again. Alex -- Alex Pournelle, freelance thinker Also: Workman & Associates, Data recovery for PCs, Macs, others ...elroy!grian!alex; BIX: alex; voice: (818) 791-7979 fax: (818) 794-2297 bbs: 791-1013; 8N1 24/12/3