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- From: Andreas Wuertz <wuertz@systech.tik.ethz.ch>
- Subject: Re: System 7.1 : What is going to be in it?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.153441.11634@bernina.ethz.ch>
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- Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, TIK
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- <1992Jul20.185747.20823@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <nerm-200792103739@90.10.20.86>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:34:41 GMT
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- In article <nerm-200792103739@90.10.20.86> Dean Yu, nerm@apple.com writes:
- >Other than that, they're all seperate products.
-
- Yes, yes, yes! First you tell us the rpice for the hardware is so high
- because the system software is SO GOOD. Now, after releasing a System
- Version that was $100 to buy and had bad bugs in essential parts like the
- file system and banging us with lots of Tune-Ups which were
- 'Bug-Corrects' really, you start splitting the system into tiny little
- parts and selling them to us for even higher prices!
-
- Listen, I won't take this much longer! Do go on with PowerPC, Pink and
- others! Become cross-platform because then many of us will start
- switching to a cheaper platform. You ARE good, but you are not the only
- computer factory in the world. QuickDraw GX has been necessary for YEARS
- now. People have been yelling for AppleScript since the Mac exists. So
- include them into the system and give them for free.
-
- I as a mac maniac, -lover and -programmer, I want to be able to say one
- day 'ok, current system version is 9.0. If you want to run this program,
- you need version 7.1 at least, to have QuickDraw GX'. Why do you make
- life for us programmers so difficult by not providing such an essential
- functionality as a drawing environment to EVERY user.
-
- If you want some money for OCE - ok. Not everyone needs OCE. But don't
- take these huge sums you want for QuickTime and ARA. QuickTime Starter
- Kit is 390 franks over here, which is some $280 for a STARTER kit. And
- who wants a CD with a starter kit? Who's got a CD drive anyway? Maybe you
- over in USA, but prices in europe are still much too high for the average
- user! The difference between buying a mac in USA or Europe can be as high
- as 100%! I'm not talking localized versions here; I'm talking USA-Macs!
-
- Please forgive me for yelling at you, but I'm getting more and more
- frustrated. Tell your bosses that they become more and more like IBM. The
- only thing (yet) missing are the clones. And if they go on like this I'll
- be the first one to buy a clone. Up to now I told everyone who said 'Macs
- are much too expensive': 'Yes, but the software is SO cheap'. I'll stop
- that for the moment. Peripherals are still within an acceptable price
- range, but CPUs and (system) software is getting far beyond the borders.
-
- So - now I'm relieved and lost at least SOME of my aggressions... ok now
- go to work and repackage that system 7.1 :-))) And have a nice day.
-
- Andy from TIK
-
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- The earliest time for a program to be bug-free is,
- when it's out of date. The latest time for a programmer
- to retire is, when he writes such a program.
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