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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: Page Rectangles
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Date: 10 Oct 90 20:56:16 GMT
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In article <10652@goofy.Apple.COM> casseres@apple.com (David Casseres) writes:
>Well, the correct message would be "there is no *supported* way to do it." 
>Apple is certainly not alone in declining to support each and every hack 
>that some developer has gotten away with on a particular version of the 
>software and hardware.  Apple makes reasonable efforts to avoid bombing 
>out useful features that are hacks, but it does not make unreasonable 
>efforts and it does not make advance promises.  Consequently, such 
>features have been known to stop working when a new Apple product comes 
>out.  At that point, developers who have stayed within the guidelines are 
>in a position to laugh loudly at those who have not.

Unless 'those who have not' are microsoft, in which case developers beat their
head against the wall because their conformant application was broken
by some patch or another placed into the system to keep those bozos in
business.

Disclaimer: I use microsoft word.

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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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