On 2010-01-25, at 05:38 , Faisal N Jawdat wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Gus Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's 10.6 only. 10.7 if it's out before Letters. > > I'd like to make a case for not actually forcing people to the latest > and greatest OS. I know of several power user types who haven't jumped > to SL because they are mid-project and loathe to take on a major OS > update at the moment. I tend to know a few people like this for every > major release -- but it's different people each time.
Sounds like the kind of person who wouldn't switch Mail clients mid-roject either. Anyway everyone: it'll support the latest OS release that's out publicly when we release. If it happens to be 10.7, it'll be 10.7. Some people won't be able to use it right then, but they will a few months after. No big deal. It's just an email client. It's hard to justify investing any programmer time in supporting older OS releases: every minute spent on legacy support is a minute not spent on the feature set. Add to it that legacy user base will only dwindle. And there's not even a user base to speak of yet. The realities for an existing released product and for a commercial product are different. You may want to support the same releases as your previous version. Some times the extra money you can get by selling to those on 10.5 makes it worth the programmer investment. But that is not the case here. But don't worry, 10.6 will be legacy in no time. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
