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From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
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Subject: Re: Bringing Finder frontmost after Startup Items run
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Date: 4 Jun 91 21:42:35 GMT
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In-reply-to: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com's message of 4 Jun 91 15:58:51 GMT

In article <1991Jun4.155851.23146@mmm.serc.3m.com> pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) writes:

>In article <0B01FFFB.gwbpcl@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes:
>>
>>In article <1991May30.142809.10293@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes:
>>> 	There's a real cheap way to get the finder to the front without any 
>>> inits or other apps running. Just put an alias to your hard drive in the 
>>
>>Sounds like a better way than a special app.  So maybe I won't post
>>my little hack (harumph, my first System 7 specific App is worthless :-)
>>-- michael

Right.

>And Michael, why don't you release your hack anyway?  We can ALWAYS use
>more neato utilities for 7.0!
>-- 

Why in hell would you want to promote the spread of hacks into the
system when you can already do what the hack does?  Just spreads
possible incompatibilities.

jas
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