Accidental battery life development, continued

[Charles Martin]

> From: andy <letterspackages at telus.net>
> 	I'm a little stumped. I don't really want to call up Apple and =
> ask,=20
> however,
> about 10.3 problems because I wasn't at the conference: one of the
> programmers that works for my father, was=97 that's who I'd got it 
> from=97=
> =20
> but,
> still...

Unless you want to get your dev friend in BIG TROUBLE, I would strongly 
suggest NOT calling Apple. What he did was ILLEGAL and at *minimum* 
he'd be kicked out of the ADC with NO refund.

You and any others out there who have "bootleg" copies of Panther would 
be well-advised to remember three things:

1. You're breaking the law, and depending on how reckless you are, you 
could easily expose yourself to litigation.
2. Panther is in ALPHA. There are BIG, SERIOUS, NOT-YET-KNOWN BUGS. As 
in DATA-DESTROYING bugs. I've seen many reports of problems, ranging 
from minor to very serious.
3. You *cannot* upgrade your install of Panther Preview to the full 
version. That means you must WIPE the drive if you want to use the 
final release.

No lectures, just FYI. Believe me, I really *do* understand the 
curiousity factor, but just like a real panther, this software's got 
teeth ... and it can come back to bite you BIG TIME.

_Chas_

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