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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Quotes and announcements
Message-ID: <38914@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 24 Feb 90 01:13:22 GMT
References: <4630284@ub.cc.umich.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <4630284@ub.cc.umich.edu> Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU writes:
>The following comes from ftn.about.90.01 from Apple.com (130.43.2.2):
> 
>>      files is unsuitable.  The list published in this month's Note 
>>      reflects file descriptors that are to be shipped with System 
>>      Software 5.0.  This list is final for 5.0.
> 
>Does this quote seem to imply that SS 5.0 won't be with us much longer?
>Waiting for an announcement, please...
> 
>    Todd A. Bakal                              I believe in the Cubs,

It will always amuse me to see people trying to read between the lines when
nothing is there.

The quote has been there since July 1989, just before 5.0 was released to the
world but after we finalized which FTDs would be in FType.Main and FType.Aux.

The note was provided for the benefit of all those who have received auxtype
assignments from DTS but didn't follow through and inform us when a version
of their program using those auxtypes shipped.  It told them "These are the
files the system identifies, and since you didn't tell us your product is
shipping, yours isn't included."

It doesn't imply anything about the future, except that unless developers notify
us when they ship, their programs won't be included in system FTDs.  This will
remain true.

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