[G4] Panther Release Date Announced

[John Baltutis]

On 10/8/03, lavode at comcast.net wrote:
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>> http://www.apple.com/macosx
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> Remember when Apple didn't charge for a .x upgrade?

Seen on <http://www.resexcellence.com/index.shtml>:

Concerning paying for Apple's software updates, Joshua Ochs writes:

Based on their history, if it comes out over a year after the last major
upgrade, then Apple charges for it.

Here's the history:

7.0: paid (5/91)
7.1: free (8/92)
7.5: paid (6/95) (4 years, 1 month since last paid upgrade)
7.6: free (1/97)
8.0: paid (6/97) (2 years since last paid upgrade)
8.1: free (1/98)
8.5: paid (10/98) (1 year, 4 months since last paid upgrade)
8.6: free (5/99)
9.0: paid (10/99) (1 year since last paid upgrade)
9.1: free (1/01)
10.0: paid (3/01) (1 year, 5 months since last paid upgrade)
10.1: free (9/01)
10.2: paid (8/02) (1 year, 5 months since last paid upgrade)
10.3: paid (10-24-03) (1year, 2 months since last paid upgrade)