Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!rochester!rutgers!apple!well!ewhac From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo L. Schwab) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: CBM's "blessing" Message-ID: <7226@well.UUCP> Date: 27 Sep 88 10:18:41 GMT References: <7239@gryphon.CTS.COM> Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Organization: Loudmouth Software, Inc. Lines: 28 Quote: "Nancy, I've had it up to my kiester with this thing." -- R. Reagan In article <7239@gryphon.CTS.COM> mriley@pnet02.cts.com (Mark Riley) writes: >How "standard" will 1.3 be when it's >released? What about 6 or 12 months after release? It took a long >while for many A1000 owners to upgrade from 1.1 to 1.2, and that was >as simple as copying a disk. Think about all those A500 owners (much >more than there were A1000 owners) who will need to go to the trouble >of a ROM change for the upgrade to 1.3. You're fooling yourself if >you think its gonna happen overnite. And you're fooling yourself >even more if you write a program for mass consumption that uses a >1.3 (or 1.2 incompatible) function for marketing in the short to >medium future. > As you know, 1.3 KickStart is functionally identical to 1.2 KickStart, with the exception of the autoboot code. 1.3 is primarily a WorkBench distribution, so it's as simple as copying a disk, or buying the enhancer package. DPaint ][ required 1.2 to function, and was released about the same time 1.2 came out. This didn't stop users from buying DPaint ][ and upgrading to 1.2. Enlighten me: How does Apple upgrade its Mac OS? _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape INET: well!ewhac@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: UUCP: pacbell > !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor