[Ti] Panther release date announced!

[Michael Bigley]

>So, if Panther was all set to roar on Oct. 24th, why did Apple even bother
>to release 10.2.8? It just doesn't make sense to me, especially after all
>the problems with the first release.
>
>I'll stick with 10.2.6 until October 24th, thank you.

Apple knows they still have people running x.1; with Panther they 
will have 3 versions of their modern OS installed on computers. This 
is nightmarish in itself, and it is my guess that with the release of 
10.2.7 on G5s they didn't want to further muddy the waters with, in 
essence, 2 versions of Jaguar in the field. By offering Jag.8, they 
at least have parity among all Jag users.  IOW, if you have Apple 
Care and call tech support, they can tell you to update to Jag.8 
before they address issues and still be within the confines of the 
agreement, as it is a no-cost upgrade. While they can tell you to 
upgrade to Panther to improve performance, they can't tell you to 
make a paid upgrade to fix a problem, unless they provide you that 
upgrade for free (under terms of your Apple Care agreement).

So while improvements may be marginal, Jag.8 is a big CYA upgrade for 
Apple. It is also a pretty safe bet that this is the last software 
update will will ever see in Jag.
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