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From: gaynor@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Status of System 7
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Date: 15 Aug 90 14:02:44 GMT
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In article <1990Aug14.210549.28963@Neon.Stanford.EDU> philip@pescadero.stanford.edu writes:
>It's been quite a while since I've seen a report on when System 7 is
>rumoured (due?) to be released, how stable current beta versions are,
>etc.

	It is said that relatively stable betas are going to be
shipped to developers within the next few weeks.  (Source - MacWEEK).
Then again, they said that HyperCard 2.0 would ship in July, too.

>It would be nice if someone could post a bit of information, just so
>we know things are still moving...

	Hopefully, with the fiasco about System 7.0 and the recent
problems with getting HyperCard 2.0 out the door, Apple is learning
something about announcing products -before- they're ready to ship.
Macintosh users have long been used to an Apple that either shipped on
the same day they announced the product, or named a date and then
stuck to it.  Now Apple has two major projects that are both being
delayed, with no better reason than, "We aren't done yet."

	Granted, I want to see a clean, bug-free release as much as
the next guy - maybe more because I end up supporting a lot of the
people who use the product, but I've gotten sick of seeing Apple point
to a mystical future as the answer to any given complaint, and then
push that future further and further back.

	And I think I represent a -lot- of Mac users in this.  I'm
willing to bet that Mac sales are quite low now, because everyone and
their brother is waiting for the new Macs.  HyperCard development is
stalling, because HyperCard 2.0 -still- isn't out.  And people are
still waiting to see how well System 7.0 stacks up against Windows
3.0.  "Just wait," says Apple.

	Argh.

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