Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!zen 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 Lines: 28 Checksum: 45642 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