Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!hsdndev!dartvax!mars!nic!eclectic!kenh From: kenh@eclectic.COM (Ken Hancock) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Apple should let us e-mail System 7 Message-ID: <212@eclectic.COM> Date: 5 Jun 91 01:42:54 GMT References: <6944@cactus.org> <1991May15.185019.1395@eng.umd.edu> <52925@apple.Apple.COM> <1991May15.221944.2905@eng.umd.edu> Organization: Isle Systems - Waltham, MA Lines: 41 In article aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu writes: >>Cheapskate? I have 21 pieces of software listed as 'Must Upgrade'. Figure >>out the price of THAT! > >While I feel the same way... The fact is that you can't tell whether >the problem with the software will be a little thing, like MacWrite's >problem, or a major thing that will completely trash your hard drive. >And, for the first time, Apple tried to find out where those problems >might arise... For the paranoid, the compatibility checker is great. I used it myself just to see what I was supposedly supposed to upgrade. I then filed it in the back of the noggin' for future reference. Just because you read something that says you have to upgrade, doesn't mean you have to do it. Simple example: Get out an envelope. Address it to Ken Hancock. Place $500 cash in the envelope. Mail it to me. Betcha I don't get a dime. (Though I'd love to lose this bet :-) ) The best thing to do is call up each developer for which you have an "incompatible" piece of software and ask them EXACTLY what the problem is. Most of the time, it'll be something fairly trivial that can be solved by shuffling things around, etc. True, it might have been nice if Apple verified everything instead of depending on the developers, but then 7.0 would have been delayed another couple months, by then the information would have been out of date, they'd have to revise it, 7.0 would be delayed another month, etc. etc. Trust me...recursion can be a truly ugly thing sometimes... Ken -- Ken Hancock | INTERNET: kenh@eclectic.com Isle Systems | Compuserve: >INTERNET: kenh@eclectic.com Macintosh Consulting | AOL: KHancock | Disclaimer: My opinions are mine, | your opinions are yours. Simple, isn't it?