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From: gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: LSC 3.0
Message-ID: <104700036@uiucdcsp>
Date: 14 Jun 88 03:32:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Jun 13 22:32:00 1988


I enjoy LSC 2.15 development on a 1Mb Mac II with multifinder.  I use
"Build" to prepare an application for execution.  For word processing
1Mb is fine for Word 3.01 + MacDraw both loaded at once.  Thus there
is no pressing need to upgrade to 2 megabytes.

It's too bad the source level debugger requires 2Mb and Multifinder.
I guess THINK just lost a customer for version 3.0.  I see no other
truly significant feature in version 3.0 (precompiled "include" files
are a frill).  It's a pity THINK didn't seize the opportunity to
DIFFERENTIATE themselves from Apple's MPW (Memory Perennially Wasted)
development system (which requires 2Mb).

I wonder if the $69 upgrade policy has anything to do with Symantec's
purchase of THINK technologies.  After all, you ship the money to
California, but the software came from Boston.  Maybe the upgrade
policy would have been different had THINK remained an independent
company.  $369 is a lot for a source-level debugger ($300 for SIMMs,
$69 for software).

Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
            {gillies@cs.uiuc.edu}