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From: jwhitnel@csi.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Tidbits from InfoWorld
Message-ID: <1495@csib.csi.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 88 20:59:20 GMT
References: <51612@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell)
Organization: Communications Solutions Inc., San Jose, Ca
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In article <51612@sun.uucp> chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>There are some interesting tidbits I thought I'd pass along.
>
>o With system release 7.0 (6.0 is due to be released any time, 7.0 this 
>	winter? maybe?) multifinder will be the default, "replacing the
>	finder". 
>
>	[does this mean that finder functionality gets merged into MF
>	and the finder process goes away? who knows....]

The other possiblity is that MultiFinder will be murged with System
and eventually move into the ROMs.  I hope the Finder process still
exists as a seperate process so I can delete the damn thing like I do
now.

>	Also, the likely minimum memory configuration supported with this
>	release will be 2Meg. They better hope SIMM prices drop.... You've
>	been warned, start planning that memory upgrade now, folks. you're
>	going to want it....

Possibly, although they may listen to the screams of the users and make
Finder Quit-able (Apple listen to users? Naaah, never happen :-).

>o On other fronts, Think Technologies has taken some ribbing on the net 
>	for the early publication of their LightSpeed C ad in MacTutor.
>	This was actually done, without authorization, by the Ad Agency.
>
>	Well, Think's fired their ad agency for it. Which gives you an
>	idea what Think thinks of vaporware. [Congrats to Think for holding
>	to their ethics. Clap, clap, clap, clap.....]

Heard this from Think employees so it must be true.  Think is one of the
few companies that I'm will to give my money to, since they have good
products and honestly care about their users.  As opposed to most companies
that just care about their user's money.

>
>o Microsoft seems to be worried about FullWrite Professional (I wonder
>	why...). Microsoft is negotiating to ship a copy of SuperPaint with
>	each copy of Word 4.0 (they haven't announce 4.0, but...)

Microsoft, on the other hand, is one of the many companies I hate giving
money to.

>
>Now, go start putting money away for that memory upgrade....

The nice thing about having 5 mbs in my Mac II is that I don't have
to add more memory for at least another year :-).

>
>Chuq Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM		Delphi: CHUQ


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