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- From: songer@lexmark.com (Christopher Songer)
- Subject: Re: NeXTstep 3.0
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.142908.187828@lexmark.com>
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- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 14:29:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug21.194103.10163@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> tgingric@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Tyler S Gingrich) writes:
- >
- >I'd have to completely disagree with the "assumption" that 3.0 is likely
- >to be pretty unstable.
- >
- >I consider 3.0 to be "Pretty Stable" -- the upgrade process is easy & the
- >new stuff is just too cool!
- >
-
- Well, this certainly did generate more response than I intended. :)
- I suppose the comments I would make are: I have great respect for NeXT's
- ability to put out a good release, but in anybody's X.0 release, there
- are more likely to be problems than the previous OS level. Even if 5%
- of the NeXT community Beta tests for 6 months, they still won't get
- the testing coverage that 50% of the community will in 2 months.
-
- The bugs are out there -- everyone knows that -- everyone expects
- it. The issue is are they critical. Before that can be determined
- they must be found. Surely everyone remembers some of the serious problems
- with 2.0.
-
- It's simply my opinion that prudence is warranted with respect to
- anyone's X.0 release. NeXT's is probably more solid than anyone elses
- X.0 release, but that doesn't imply there are no glaring faults. I
- find it best to wait on a major release until it has been out for a while
- and people have had a chance to use it for some time.
-
-
- -Chris
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