Re: what is the //gs?

[phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com>]

Joe Kohn wrote:

> That may be true in the PC world, but I'd say that our Apple II programmers
> and publishers are a little more diligent than that.
>
> As an example, a little more than a year ago, Shareware Solutions II
> released Chris Vavruska's NiftySpell, a GS/OS spell checker that works with
> any GS/OS software.
>
> Since its release, there has not been one single bug report. In fact, no one
> has reported any problems whatsoever. None, zip, nada.
>
> Before its release, NiftySpell went through a vigorous (many) months-long
> beta test, and let me tell ya, that was an extremely painful process. BUT...
> it was only painful for the programmer and publisher and beta test team.
>
> And in the end, I'd say we managed to release a version 1.0 that is as
> rock solid as any v1.0 release has ever been. It wasn't easy to get there,
> but in the long-run, it was a heckuva lot less painful than releasing a
> buggy v1.0.
>
> Joe Kohn
> Publisher of NiftySpell
>
> http://www.crl.com/~joko

Until the IIgs, I'd say this is pretty true. I have had little trouble with
most of the A2 software I run. Much of the GS software is fairly
stable too as many of the bugs seem to be system related.

As for the PC, I use a gateway program to connect a small network
to the net. This program performs fine with Win 95 & 98 first
edition. When I upgraded the server to 98 second edition, all sorts
of weird things started happening.

Phoenyx