Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!uhura!saaf From: saaf@joker.optics.rochester.edu (Lennart Saaf) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Status of System 7 Message-ID: Date: 16 Aug 90 14:12:26 GMT References: <1990Aug14.210549.28963@Neon.Stanford.EDU> <3772@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <47476@brunix.UUCP> Sender: news@uhura.cc.rochester.edu Organization: The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester Lines: 28 In-reply-to: man@vali.cs.brown.edu's message of 16 Aug 90 13:16:08 GMT >>>>> On 16 Aug 90 13:16:08 GMT, man@vali.cs.brown.edu (Mark H. Nodine) said: MHN> Now MHN> Apple lets people in on preliminary information and they get flamed MHN> (Apple crisp?) for leading people on. Preliminary information is great and I don't think anyone is against the release of preliminary information if it is accurate or even if it disclaims accuracy. However, the release information for HyperCard 2.0 has been downright wrong. Just because something WILL be released I think it is improper to announce the release as was done by Apple. I am aware of the inevitablity of the eventual demise of, say, John Sculley, but I don't think it's right to go around posting his death notice. MHN> I personally prefer to have advance information, even if it only makes MHN> me drool for a while (or maybe it's just all this talk about applesauce MHN> and apple crisp that makes me drool). Protracted drooling is not such a pleasant experience for developers, as it often translates into lost time/money. I am not a developer, but even I am disappointed. Anyway, the price is right. :-) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Len Saaf, The Institute of Optics, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY | | Internet: saaf@joker.optics.rochester.edu Bitnet: SAAF@UOROPT | ------------------------------------------------------------------------