Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!andy From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Apple System 7.0 Message-ID: <6853@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 12 May 89 15:55:54 GMT References: <17148@usc.edu> <47846@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <17152@usc.edu> <47912@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <6828@cbmvax.UUCP> <11289@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 44 In article <11289@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) writes: >In article <6828@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes: >>Even with reactions like yours, I still prefer letting the development >>community know about the directions the system software is taking. >> >>Once again, we've made no promises on ship date for 1.4. If you think >>differently, you are confused. > > What's the difference between this and what Apple, IBM, or any other >company has done in the past. Apple gets flamed for pre-annoucing >system software, and then the same people turn around and justify the >same action for their own machine. You won't catch me flaming Apple for giving us looks into the directions they are heading. I for one, appreciate such glimpses into what the competition is doing. I don't think very many people are flaming Apple for a vapor announcement....(I do read news back to front, so I may not have gotten to those flames yet!) But the messages I've read are they are just flaming Apple for putting Marketing Blinders(tm) on before writing some of the text in the announcement. Granted, you really can't give credit to your competition in such an announcenemt... I keep expecting to see a press release any day now announcing that "So-And-So Corp. invents Multitasking for microcomputers." Then, of course, we'll get the followup articles by respected computer journalists, saying things like "Multitasking is now validated", and "We predict it may catch on", and "Now, the rest of the world is going to have to play catch up." :-) -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "There is no programming problem that cannot be solved by proper "application of the Delete command." Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.