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From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Apple should let us e-mail System 7
Message-ID: <1991May16.144728.15621@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Date: 16 May 91 14:47:28 GMT
References: <1991May15.012545.18398@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <6944@cactus.org> <1991May15.185019.1395@eng.umd.edu>
Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN  55144-1000 US
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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.
>--
>Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu

I won't comment on who is right and who is wrong, but I do note that tht
MacWeek System 7.0 Survival Guide gives different information on a
number of products.  For example, StuffIt Deluxe is shown as "OK" with
an update pending to 'take better advantage of 7.0 features', whereas
the Compatibility Checker shows NO compatibility and version 3.0
required. (Version 2.1 should be the next update).

I think this is a matter of (1) when did the manufacturers give Apple
the info [plans change, betas change, products change] and (2) there is
no means in the Compatibility Checker for saying "you don't have to, but
you will want our new version for it's neato new toys."

Any number of things I have run that are marked Incompatible actually
work fine.
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