Re: X-files goof.Color laptops in 1989 dream on!

[Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>]

In article <john.doggett-D08739.22405629062005@news.charter.net>,
 Bible John <john.doggett@x-files.gov> wrote:

> In article <1120032172.195.0@doris.uk.clara.net>,
>  Marc <see@signature.url> wrote:
> 
> > Now they'll be three catagroeies of Mac application, 
> > Classic, OSX-PPC and OSX-x86 :-o
> 
> Wrong
> 
> Classic-68K
> Classic-PPC
> OSX-PPC
> OSX-86
> 
> This does not include the Apple II apps which came about the same era as 
> DOS. On PC's you have.
> 
> MSDOS
> Windows 3.x
> Windows 9x
> Windows NT/2000/XP

But those categories are far too broad on both sides. You've effectively 
got as many categories as you got releases, including patches, because 
somewhere along the line someone decided to leverage a new feature or 
rely on a behavior that wasn't reliable until release x (or wasn't ever 
technically reliable but worked up until release q).

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