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From: gourdol@imag.imag.fr (Gourdol Arnaud)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: system 7.0
Message-ID: <18349@imag.imag.fr>
Date: 25 Feb 91 12:34:03 GMT
References: <6574@idunno.Princeton.EDU> <88794@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <18336@imag.imag.fr> <6602@idunno.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: gourdol@imag.fr (Gourdol Arnaud)
Organization: IMAG Institute, University of Grenoble, France
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In article <6602@idunno.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@dry.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes:
>In article <18336@imag.imag.fr> gourdol@imag.fr (Gourdol Arnaud) writes:
>>Another Urban Legend.
>>Always use latest system software.

>So, in short, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Sure, I agree with you on this.
Personnaly I didn't upgrade to 6.0.7 until I had a good reason for.
And that was the new sound manager which allows Finder Sounds to
play asynchronous sounds (which is really great).
What I was "fighting" against is the myth that new system versions
must be used ONLY with newer computers they were made for.
Many people believe this. And this can be very annoying for
customer support. Sometimes, a bug in a program is due to a bug
in the system software (of course, not that often, but anyway).
Using the latest system version is less trouble making from
customer support point of view.
However, it's true that sometimes Apple make big mistakes that
make the new system software less reliable, as the AppleTalk bug in
6.0.6. So, wait a few weeks before upgrading. It's rare that new
system software bring new bugs that don"t get corrected.
I heard about the problems with the 6.0.7, but I heard them
from people with a Mac IIsi (problems with the mouse mainly).
So I would rather suspect the hardware design than the software.
I also understand that it costs money in big organizations to
updgrade all their Mac to the latest system software and printer
drivers.

>I notice that your article isn't a followup to anything.  Why did you
>post this?  Am I missing your point?  Saying `always upgrade to the
>latest system software' sounds kinda like saying `always remember to
>look both ways before crossing the street.'

Ahah! Then, you admit it's safest ! :-) :-)
Someone was talking about System 7 and wander if he should
upgrade to it (when available, of course, if available some day...)
or stuck with System 6.
I hope everybody will upgrade to System 7. As a developer it would
be really easier to make this assumption.


Arnaud.
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