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Subject: Re: Apple should let us e-mail System 7
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Date: 15 May 91 20:55:28 GMT
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In article <1991May15.185019.1395@eng.umd.edu>, russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes...
>In article <6944@cactus.org> rdd@cactus.org (Robert Dorsett) writes:
>>
>>Based on the Compatibility Checker I just ran, the odds are good that 
>>System 7.0 will break your favorite piece of software; unless you are a 

>The checker lies like a rug.  Apple made, IMO, a big mistake in accepting
>mfgr's word for it rather than testing themselves-- it looks like the mfgrs
>said that things wouldn't work just to get customers to shell out the $$ for
>an upgrade.

I would put this differently.  I have succesfully used several of the 
programs that were in the "must upgrade" category without noticing a
problem.  Agreed that the checker should have been based on test data
rather than mfg data;  I think that a more significant concern is with
the many non-commercial utilities that the checker doesn't know about.

I have found a few that have trouble with the new file system.
Bottomline:  be careful.  If it crashes, check with the author/publisher.

Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)