Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!armadillo.cis.ohio-state.edu!gaynor From: gaynor@armadillo.cis.ohio-state.edu (Vampire) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Apple System 7.0 Message-ID: <47912@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 11 May 89 03:07:46 GMT References: <17148@usc.edu> <47846@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <17152@usc.edu> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: Vampire Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 40 In article <17152@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: >Got it. As far as I know, the ONLY system that allows the above TODAY is >the CMU Andrew System. As a Mac user you'll have to wait until 1990-1991 >to get it. And as an Amiga user, you won't. At least not in a standardized way. Maybe some ingenious hacks by the wonderful Amiga programmers (no sarcasm), but these things aren't made standard, just used alot. Point in case... >Interesting. My spreadsheet, database and comm program support both clipboard >and AREXX. I can fire up my comm program from the database phonebook, >include downloaded data in the spreadsheet or database, while I am editing >something else at the same time. But that's not standard. That's a wonderful feature added on by a few software producers. It isn't done by everyone. If I happen to like the interface of a certain program, and it doesn't support those wonderful features - tough. >| There's a bunch of other nice features in Mac System 7.0 - if anyone >|really wants to hear 'em, I'll send you (or post) the file I got from >|comp.sys.mac. For those of us who keep up with both worlds... >You mean THERE WILL BE, right? Shipping to developers in late 1989, means >shipping to users in 1990 or 1991. Happy waiting :-) > >-- Marco Papa 'Doc' Gee, Marco, how long did C-A promise 1.3 to Amiga Users? How long have they been promising 1.4? (Hell, I remember hearing promises of 1.4 in Jan 89 last fall). At least Apple doesn't claim dates then back 'em up. Finally, this is my last note on the subject. I have no desire for a "computer war", which this would degenerate into. So the soap-box is yours, Marco. Have fun. -=- | Jim Gaynor..."The Vampire Lestat" UseNet: gaynor@cis.ohio-state.edu | | The Ohio State University - Dept. of Philosophy, Dept. of Computer Science | >> "It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism << >> while wolves remain of a different opinion." - William Ralph Inge <<