Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ndsuvax!ncmagel From: ncmagel@ndsuvax.UUCP (ken magel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: system 6.0.1 Keywords: when Message-ID: <1106@ndsuvax.UUCP> Date: 11 Aug 88 09:34:23 GMT Organization: North Dakota State University Fargo, ND Lines: 16 It appears that the bug-fix System 6.0.1 is not yet out. It was originally scheduled to appear some time ago. DOes anyone have an informed estimate as to when we can expect to see it now? Is there a list of bugs which it fixes available? Are delays due to the intricate interactions among pieces of the system because of the patches upon patches which have been applied to it? Some of the messages in comp.sys.mac.programmer demonstrate that the Apple programmers did not always use the best software engineering principles. Is this an example of the value of religiously following those principles? Will the lengthy delay in 6.0.1 mean a substantial delay in the appearance of 7.0? Might 6.0.1 be merged with 7.0 and appear under that number? My dealer refuses to release system 6.0 and cites Apple policy to support this decision. Is this Apple policy or should the dealer be providing the upgrade with appropriate warnings? If the dealer should be providing system 6.0, how should he/she be made to do so?