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Subject: Re: System 7.0 compatible stuff
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From: drg@mdaali.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez)
Date: 26 Apr 91 17:58:37 GMT
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In article <51975@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach, only 
here for the beer) writes:
> drg@mdaali.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez) writes:
> 
> >> Well, I'm probably the only person who uses this particular app, but 
> >FullWrite
> >> Professional 1.0.1 is fully compatible with System 7 (and I use it 
very 
> >exten-
> >> sively and "harshly," if you will).
> 
> This is why this kind of "on the net" listing is so silly and unreliable.
> 
> >That's interesting. Ashton-Tate is planning to update the current 
version 
> >of FullWrite (1.5s) to 1.6 when System 7.0 is released.
> 
> So FWP 1.0.1 supports apple events? subscribe and the edition manager?
> Aliases? 7.0 stationery?
> 
> Look -- the ONLY people who know whether an application is compatible 
with
> 7.0 is the vendor. Even Apple doesn't -- we don't have the time or the
> energy to exhaustively test everything out there, which is why 7.0's 
been as
> widely ditributed to the developer world as it was. 
> 

(lots more flaming deleted)

Thanks for the lecture, Chuq. Too bad you're flaming the wrong guy. If 
you'll look at my post that you quoted, you'll see that I was quoting 
someone else who said that FWP 1.0.1 was fully compatible with 7.0. I 
haven't seen anything "fully compatible" (publish/subscribe, AppleEvents, 
etc.) yet and don't expect to until autumn, although I'm sure I'll be 
reading all about such programs in a couple of weeks.

My only contribution in this matter was to mention that I had read (in the 
7.0 compatibility checker, I think) that Ashton-Tate would be releasing 
FullWrite 1.6 for use under System 7.0. I don't know whether it makes use 
of 7.0 features or if it's just a bug fix. I imagine I'll find out 
sometime after May 13.

Next time you decide to make someone look like an idiot on the net, check 
the details before you flame. I hope you "dweebs at Apple" are a little 
more careful with your programming than with your flaming. I'd hate to 
feel I had to wait for System 7.0.1 before I could safely upgrade my 
machines.

David Gutierrez
drg@mdaali.mda.uth.tmc.edu

"Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard