On Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at 05:02 AM, Evan Parry wrote: > Support for previous OS and software has to continue or Apple will > lose many hundreds, if not thousands of its present supporters.
This I very seriously doubt simply because the diehards know, for the most part, how to help themselves, an attribute that has always set Mac users apart from the Windoze crowd. Crowd, not geeks. What is meant by support here? A hotline? I know a couple of professional users still using a 68030 (or even a xxx20 under 6) under OS7 who are happy with that. I seriously doubt they need or even want a hotline. Professional-use software like NisusWriter is supported back to the first version. Where support is dropped for whatever reason, a usergroup starts up (e.g.Cyberdog.org) providing better support than is found most anywhere else. What is this list for? How about MacWizards or the umpteen other lists... Go to http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/ or ftp://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/ to find anything and everything back to OS6! as a free download. Is that support enuf? Apple's move to X is an economical necessity, plain and simple. A technological one as well. And a great feat of foresight vis a vis MS. In view of the almost universal use of some form of UNIX in research and universities, OSX with its BSD core and terminal is the right move. The increasing acceptance of some LINUX flavor, even including highend big business stuff like SAP only reinfoces this. Why do you suppose Ballmer went off on that ridiculous tangent last year about open source being "un-american." An act of desperation that was, and he was appropriately received with scorn. I can think of a few friends on faculties - other people have already voiced this here - who immediately changed or are appropriating funds to change to Apple BECAUSE of X. There is no practical reason for not using X, none at all. Every classic application I have tried under Classic has worked as well as under 9.1. these including QE4.1, NisusWriter 5.1, RagTime 5.1, MS Word 5.1, Exel 4, Claris CAD(now that is old), Generic CAD, BBEdit, Claris HomPage 3.0, FreeHand 8, Acrobat 4, as well as a lot of shareware that has become pretty much redundant like Behierarchic and AliasMenu and SmartScroll, but they do work. I know this is by no means a complete list, but it does include a couple of heavy-weight things that have been used to argue against X. b http://www.william-jurgenson.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
