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From: zen@utcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Should 64K ROMs be supported?
Message-ID: <1986Dec19.114200.23189@utcs.uucp>
Date: Fri, 19-Dec-86 11:42:00 EST
Article-I.D.: utcs.1986Dec19.114200.23189
Posted: Fri Dec 19 11:42:00 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 19-Dec-86 23:21:51 EST
References: <476@runx.OZ> <1490@hoptoad.uucp> <907@ur-tut.UUCP> <4939@reed.UUCP>
Reply-To: zen@utcs.UUCP (Nick Zentena)
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services, general purpose UNIX
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In article <4939@reed.UUCP> jeanne@reed.UUCP (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto) writes:
>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"


	If somebody wants to write a program that only runs on the
new Roms let them. Hey I won't buy and niether will about
70-80% of the Mac owners I know.

		Nick

		zen@utc