Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucivax!ucla-cs!ucla-seas!JPRICE@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu From: jprice@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Status of System 7 Message-ID: <0093B562.F7BF5380@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu> Date: 17 Aug 90 23:03:44 GMT References: <1990Aug14.210549.28963@Neon.Stanford.EDU> <3772@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <47476@brunix.UUCP> ,<9813@goofy.Apple.COM> Sender: news@SEAS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: jprice@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price) Organization: UCLA Particle Physics Research Group Lines: 25 In article <9813@goofy.Apple.COM>, chewy@apple.com (Paul Snively) writes: >To reiterate an important point, particularly for developers: you can't >have it both ways; that is, you can't have warning of what's to come and >accuracy, solidity, reliability, etc. at the same time. If you get it >early, it won't be 100%. If you don't get it early, you'll be surprised >with what you get. You can either participate in the evolutionary process >or not--it's up to the individual (or corporation, as the case may be). Fair enough. As a user, I don't have any particular stake in when System 7 comes out. Hearing things like "the ship date has been pushed back x {days|months|years} really doesn't bother me, since the system I have works fine. I would, however, like to know when the planned ship date is at any given time, as it can affect my software purchases. So please, someone periodically (maybe as an addition to the Monthly Posting...?) tell us what the current status is. Comments, anyone? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Price | Internet: jprice@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu 5-145 Knudsen Hall | BITNET: price@uclaph UCLA Dept. of Physics | DECnet: uclapp::jprice Los Angeles, CA 90024-1547 | YellNet: 213-825-2259 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where there is no solution, there is no problem.