Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!tektronix!reed!jeanne From: jeanne@reed.UUCP (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Should 64K ROMs be supported? Message-ID: <4939@reed.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 04:55:50 EST Article-I.D.: reed.4939 Posted: Thu Dec 18 04:55:50 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Dec-86 04:49:58 EST References: <476@runx.OZ> <1490@hoptoad.uucp> <907@ur-tut.UUCP> Reply-To: jeanne@reed.UUCP (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto) Organization: Reed's Fine College Lines: 18 In article <907@ur-tut.UUCP> akk2@ur-tut.UUCP (Who is John Galt ?) writes: >I am of the opinion that the time spent on making an application run >on all Macs is a waste and that time could be better spent in making >the product bug free (if there is such a thing). If the product turns >out to be good and just what the user needs he/she can then upgrade to >the new ROMS. Well, while we're expressing our opinions... *I* am of the opinion that a program which will not run on all configurations of the machine it's targeted for is by definition a buggy program. Especially when the machines it won't run on constitute a majority of the target population. -- jeanne a. e. devoto | "The mind is an infinite resource...but ...!tektronix!reed!jeanne | only if you don't squander it." USsnail: 5353 SE 28th #38 | Portland, OR 97202 | James Hogan, "Voyage From Yesteryear"