Hi John, As a general point, this is a problem with Apple, which really started with the original Leopard release after Tiger was mainstream - if you compile on there it won't work on earlier releases (esp. fink compilers) however if you buy a mac you always get the latest OS X, no downgrade option. I suspect right now the street value of a PPC mac mini with tiger on it is pretty good, for exactly this reason... If however anyone knows how to make backwards compatible binaries e.g. from Leopard to Tiger, I'm all ears. Best, Graeme
________________________________ From: Mailing list for users of COOT Crystallographic Software [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John M. Berrisford Sent: 12 October 2009 08:00 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: A general plea I guess sometimes its not worth instantly upgrading to the bleeding edge versions of software until all the major bugs have been sorted... http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10346974-263.html "Snow Leopard wiping home directory after guest log-in?" Please can the developers keep backwards compatibility with a recent version of operating systems not just the latest release. Thanks John -- John Berrisford Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit Wellcome Trust / MRC Building Hills Road Cambridge CB2 0XY WEB: www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk TEL: +44 (01223) 252911 -- This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
