Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!mips!apple!bc From: bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Apple should let us e-mail System 7 Message-ID: <53972@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 13 Jun 91 21:38:59 GMT References: <1991May15.221944.2905@eng.umd.edu> <15355@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 26 klingspo@mozart.cs.colostate.edu (Steve Klingsporn) writes: |Stop bitching about Apple. |It's not Apple's job to baby-sit developers. Shit, they had several |copies out for EACH AND EVERY developer that was registered -- a9, b1, |and b4, and you could get interim versions if you bugged the right people. |Even if you weren't a registered developer, I knew of people who managed |to get it. I'd just like to add two facts to this list: 1: Many programs developed new bugs as later System 7 betas were issued. 2: Apple did significant amounts of testing of 3rd party apps, and contacted developers with specific information about becoming compatible. I think the best plan here is one of patience. It would be silly to expect no programs to break, considering the vast amounts of changes to the OS. And developers need time to test their products and make damn sure that everything works ok. Apple is not in the baby-sitting business, but does care about users and developers, and tries to make life as simple as possible for them. bill coderre well, there is apple daycare, but I don't think they take anyone old enough to program.