[Ti] 10.2.8 (revised)

[Henry Kalir]

Sorry - here's the grammatically correct version...late night fatigue.

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Henry Kalir wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Shawn King wrote:
> 
> > On 9/30/03 9:43 PM, "Henry Kalir" <kalirhe at umdnj.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > >> Well then perhaps a class action law suite might get their attention.
> > >> 
> > >> Negligence causing damage is a good place to start.
> > > 
> > > I agree, John! I'm disappointed that all those cheerleaders are not coming
> > > clean on this one!
> > > 
> > > Shawn? Michael Bigley? Massimo?
> > 
> > Huh? Are you calling us "cheerleaders"? And how are we supposed to be
> > "coming clean on this one"?
> 
> Well - you always seemed to justify Apple - no matter how badly they
> behaved, remember? > 
> > We're not responsible for Apple's software. BTW, we're not responsible for
> > those people who rush out and install every little upgrade Apple puts out.
> 
> Of course not...but you **could** have showm a little more sympathy
here...
> 
> > I have *always* said never install *any* software until a week after it gets
> > released. If more people had followed my advice, fewer would have been
> > burned by this "upgrade". Let some other poor schmuck beta test Apple's
> > software for you - in the immortal words of The Who, "Don't get fooled
> > again!"
> 
> Those ARE the "other poor schmuck(s)", some of whom had migrated from
> Windows, hoping that this kind of callousness won't exist when you "Think
> Different(ly)" 
>  
> > I have little sympathy for those who install system level upgrades who
> > *don't* have a recent backup to revert back to if and when things go wrong.
> 
> I have a LOT of sympathy for those trusting souls! They thought
> different...they thought that Apple would treat them better than MS.
> 
> I, personally, have not been affected by this - my G3 is running *just
> fine* on 10.2.8 I'm backed up to the hilt, I've got experience...heck -
> I've been an Apple user since 1980...but I want to see Apple thrive and
> do BETTER than MS...and this is NO WAY to do it..."Mistakes" are
> allowed...NOT owning up to them - is NOT.
> 
> > And Apple has an unfortunate history of things going wrong with their
> > software releases.
> 
> The unfortunate part is their unwillingness to help the poor "emptors.."
>  
> > > There's nothing FUNNY here, and it'll hurt Apple (and all of us) in the
> > > long run! Apple's got to come clean on this one!
> > 
> > Apple won't "come clean", whatever that means.
> 
> That means (in the USA) - saying "I goofed, now let me do my best to help
> all who have been adversely affected by my actions" - clear enough?
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Henry