Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!mailrus!cornell!rochester!udel!mmdf From: ewhac%well.uucp@UDEL.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: (none) Message-ID: <4448@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 3 Oct 88 22:54:38 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 40 Received: from CUNYVM by CUNYVM.BITNET (Mailer X2.00) with BSMTP id 4754; Sun, 02 Oct 88 00:27:40 EDT Received: from UDEL.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.1) with TCP; Sun, 02 Oct 88 00:27:37 EDT Received: from Louie.UDEL.EDU by Louie.UDEL.EDU id ad27787; 1 Oct 88 7:42 EDT Received: from USENET by Louie.UDEL.EDU id aa27742; 1 Oct 88 7:39 EDT From: Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab Subject: Re: CBM's "blessing" Message-ID: <7264@well.UUCP> Date: 1 Oct 88 08:32:09 GMT Organization: Nothing to do with Pixar. Quote: "Gorbachev sings tractors: Turnip! Buttocks!" -- Pravda To: amiga-relay@UDEL.EDU Sender: amiga-relay-request@UDEL.EDU In article <2001@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> @aplvax.jhuapl.edu:trn@warper.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo) writes: >In article <7226@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: >> DPaint ][ required 1.2 to function, and was released about the same >>time 1.2 came out. This didn't stop users from buying DPaint ][ and >>upgrading to 1.2. > > Bad example. No ROM changes were needed to upgrade from 1.1 to 1.2. Nor are there for 1.3, unless you want auto-boot capability. >> Enlighten me: How does Apple upgrade its Mac OS? > > With callous disregard for its customer base. However, they seem to > be a little better at maintaining backwards compatability. > Excuse me? 99% of 1.1 software worked under 1.2; *all* 1.2 software works under 1.3. I've heard every Finder release is a nightmare (of course, my sources are biased). _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape INET: well!ewhac@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: UUCP: pacbell > !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor