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From: Jahnke@brahms.biosci.arizona.edu (Jerome Jahnke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Apps incompatible with System 7.0
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Date: 27 Jun 91 23:53:56 GMT
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In article <1371@kosman.UUCP> kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman) writes:
>Real bad news.  I just got System 7 from BMUG and ran the compatibility
>tester.  It seems I'm gonna have to get a bunch of upgrades I don't really
>want to pay for.
>

Boy... if money is an issue then don't upgrade to system 7. It is that simple.
I just sent off my upgrades checks last week (Thank God for Tax Refunds, and
tax breaks for the newly married). I was almost too late for the PM upgrade BTW
(I did not realize they had put a limit on how long you can update it.)

I had heard one of the problems with getting folks to upgrade to Windows 3 is
that there is an incredible amount of "borrowed" software out there. And since
it would not work with Windows 3 folks were not upgrading. System 7 might be
having a similar effect. But as a programmer, it does not matter too much to me
as the folks who are paying for software are the ones who are upgrading to
System 7 (because the stuff they have works.) And since this is the case I
don't feel I have to support 1) any machine that can't run System 7. 2) Any
software platform but system 7. Now if they would just do away with black and
white machines my life would again be simple.

Sorry, I did not mean to get off track, or imply anything. But most of those
things do not work well at all under System 7. So you gotta make the choice,
pay for the upgrades, or stay with System 6.0x. And be warned PM does have a
deadline for upgrades, I have no Idea what it means if you miss it.

Jer,