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From: chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Hey!  What about us, Mac+ users!
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Date: 5 Jun 88 01:42:36 GMT
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>I've seen this statement before, and I'm curious.  How will this affect
>programs that fail under the current Multifinder?  Is Apple going to make
>Multifinder as robust as the regular Finder?  Or will I have to keep an old
>version of "Classic Finder" around to boot from when I want to run some
>old applications?

Well, I think a similar precedent was set between MFS and HFS. There was
some compatility attempts made, but in general, it was either updated or it
went away. (Or you learned to boot that program on a floopy with an old
system on it). At least this time you don't have to worry about ROM
incompatibilities, so it's always possible to fix it with a re-boot.

A year from now, any program that isn't Multifinder compatible will be
unsaleable on the marketplace. For the most part, that's already true. 


Chuq Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM		Delphi: CHUQ

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