[X4U] "Backwards Compatibility"

[Earle Jones]

On Jun 19, 2008, at 12:21 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> At 5:26 PM +1000 6/18/08, Christopher Collins wrote:
>> On 18/06/2008, at 1:17 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>>
>>>  Backwards compatibility should be any OS vendors primary objective.
>>>
>>
>> What a load of absolute crap this line is!
>>
>> It is "backwards compatibility" that always limits innovation.
>
> You seem to feel rather strongly about this, tell me what software  
> company do you work for?
>
>> Is 10.5 better than 10.4? Yes, I think it is. I find it much more  
>> reliable and much easier to use. So I checked my hardware and  
>> found, yes it will run 10.5.
>
> My wife's MacBook runs 10.5, and it is no where near as stable as my  
> G5 running 10.4.11, or it was running 10.4.x.  I'm not ready to run  
> 10.5 when my son logging out of his account is enough to crash the  
> laptop!
>
>> If you don't want the facilities of 10.5, then you have no  
>> problems. Stick with 10.4.11 and be happy.
>>
>> If you want 10.5 and your hardware won't handle it, then decide how  
>> badly you need those features. If the need is great enough you will  
>> upgrade.
>>
>> If you still don't want to upgrade, then stay with 10.4.11. And  
>> don't keep complaining that Apple should keep limiting innovation  
>> by staying "backwards compatible"
>
> I'm complaining about the lack of backward compatibility and 10.5  
> just plain being unstable....

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I am running Leopard -- Sys X 10.4.3 -- on an Intel iMac and it is  
very stable.  In fact, it seems to me that my stability just goes up  
with every upgrade.  And I have no problems running the programs I need.

Backward compatibility limits innovation.  And Apple was No. 1 in  
innovations among technology companies.

Yes, IBM PC's were backwards compatible.  All the way up until they  
sold the whole works to Lenovo -- a Chinese company.

earle
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