Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!midway!zaphod!francis From: francis@uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: system 7.0b??????? Message-ID: Date: 15 Feb 91 19:49:08 GMT References: <9102150545.aa05600@Bonnie.ics.uci.edu> <3930@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Reply-To: francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Chicago Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: bin@primate.wisc.edu's message of 15 Feb 91 16:26:42 GMT In article <3930@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes: From article <9102150545.aa05600@Bonnie.ics.uci.edu>, by rhutchin@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU: > Anyway, I guess my point is... What is Apple's point in not allowing > distribution? You simply say it [...] One reason is that the people that get the software on this understanding may well give it to people without telling them about the unstable nature of it. People who get it that way may not realize its beta nature, think it's a mature product, then blame/flame Apple for releasing garbage software. This will still happen anyway, of course, but at least Apple has protected itself via disclaimer and restriction on distribution. I guess this is probably why they put INIT 12 in there--so anybody that does get it can't say they weren't warned. -- /=============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Until you stalk and overrun, | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | you can't devour anyone. -- Hobbes | \=============================================================================/