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Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS
- Subject: Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS
- From: drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur)
- Date: 1996/10/13
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.be, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: US-A2WUG
- References: <5344fe$36v@masters0.news.internex.net> <jriley-0710962145560001@auasc1-240.flash.net> <elisha-0910962208490001@news.dot.net.au> <325C52F2.62CD@sybase.com> <53mcb6$87f@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Reply-to: drsmooth@relex.com
>George Van Treeck <treeck@sybase.com> wrote: {maybe}
>>Many computer vendors have come out with new computers and operating
>>systems completely incompatable the previous generation -- with
>>no ill effects. They simply continue to support the old versions
>>until the demand becomes so small it's no longer profitable.
>>For example, Apple supported the Apple II for many years after
>>the first Macs shipped.
They HAD to; if Apple ditched the //s within 3 years of the Mac's
release, Apple would be dead NOW. IMHO, the first Macs were pure crap
with an interesting interface.
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