Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!sequent!fai!amdahl!apple!xanadu!michael From: michael@xanadu.COM (Michael McClary) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: Future direction of A/UX? Message-ID: Date: 21 May 89 11:23:24 GMT References: <4036@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> <7304@hoptoad.uucp> <30843@apple.apple.com> <419@w3vh.uu.net> Reply-To: michael@xanadu.UUCP (Michael McClary) Organization: Xanadu Operating Company, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 44 In article michael@xanadu.UUCP (Michael McClary) writes: > >Seems to me this approach would work. > [suggestion for Apple ad, including...] > > The vendors of the following products claim A/UX v1.1 compatibility. > Apple does not warrant their claims. > > - Blah-windows v1.2 and later. > - Blort-paint v2.3 and later. > - Etc. > > (Apple does not support third-party software. Users should contact > the third-party vendor for support. Apple will accept user reports > of gross malfunction of third-party software on this list, especially > malfunction causing damage to system or user files other than those > associated with the third-party product in question. Apple does not > warrant third-party software on this list to be free of such bugs, > and does not promise to investigate all such reports.) > > (Third parties are invited to contact Apple for procedures for > inclusion on this list.) > >Then: > - Include their product if they send you a copy that launches successfully. > (Make it clear that Apple gets one usage license as part of the deal.) > - Pull it if users complain it eats their disk and you can replicate the > problem, or if you can't test the claim because of product problems (such > as copy protection). > - Don't bother with further testing. > - Don't bother with applications that look hard to test. > - Don't bother with applications that don't look big sellers, unless they > might appear to compete with an Apple product. On second thought, if you cut it down to: (Apple does not support third-party software, nor does it warrant third-party software on this list to be free of malfunctions which might cause damage to system or user files. Users of third-party software should contact the vendor for support.) you wouldn't need to test it at all, and you could STILL make them send you a copy in case you wanted to test it later.