But, with the new APIs of Jag, there are many programs that will run on 10.2 and not on 10.1, including many Apple apps.
yeah, but what I am saying is that if you upgrade to the later version, apps that worked fine before will now be broken in the newer version, which is NOT the case with X at all...
of course there will be apps that work on 10.2 and not 10.1, but the reverse (10.1 but not 10.2) is most likely not present in apps you have to pay for...
yeah, but what I am saying is that if you upgrade to the later version, apps that worked fine before will now be broken in the newer version, which is NOT the case with X at all...
of course there will be apps that work on 10.2 and not 10.1, but the reverse (10.1 but not 10.2) is most likely not present in apps you have to pay for...
Again, can you give an example from microsoft. I don't know of any, but they have dozens(hundreds?) of apps.
Of course it's possible to write something that won't work except on particular configs, but win32 is pretty backwards compatible. 3rd party tools like virus scanners and norton crap is often version specific because they use internal api's and hooks, that aren't guaranteed to be maintained.
well if they switch to the subscription model like i talked about a few posts ago that would be one example... I am not familiar with windows apps so I can't give a list but I'm sure they are out there...
oh and some good examples are things like drivers... although that is a bit different...
my cousin has had many things break when his father updates XP on his machine... curiously his 98 desktop works "fine"...
yeah, but what I am saying is that if you upgrade to the later version, apps that worked fine before will now be broken in the newer version, which is NOT the case with X at all...
of course there will be apps that work on 10.2 and not 10.1, but the reverse (10.1 but not 10.2) is most likely not present in apps you have to pay for...
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Originally posted by bauman
But, with the new APIs of Jag, there are many programs that will run on 10.2 and not on 10.1, including many Apple apps.
yeah, but what I am saying is that if you upgrade to the later version, apps that worked fine before will now be broken in the newer version, which is NOT the case with X at all...
of course there will be apps that work on 10.2 and not 10.1, but the reverse (10.1 but not 10.2) is most likely not present in apps you have to pay for...
Originally posted by Paul
yeah, but what I am saying is that if you upgrade to the later version, apps that worked fine before will now be broken in the newer version, which is NOT the case with X at all...
of course there will be apps that work on 10.2 and not 10.1, but the reverse (10.1 but not 10.2) is most likely not present in apps you have to pay for...
Again, can you give an example from microsoft. I don't know of any, but they have dozens(hundreds?) of apps.
Of course it's possible to write something that won't work except on particular configs, but win32 is pretty backwards compatible. 3rd party tools like virus scanners and norton crap is often version specific because they use internal api's and hooks, that aren't guaranteed to be maintained.
oh and some good examples are things like drivers... although that is a bit different...
my cousin has had many things break when his father updates XP on his machine... curiously his 98 desktop works "fine"...
Originally posted by Paul
yeah, but what I am saying is that if you upgrade to the later version, apps that worked fine before will now be broken in the newer version, which is NOT the case with X at all...
of course there will be apps that work on 10.2 and not 10.1, but the reverse (10.1 but not 10.2) is most likely not present in apps you have to pay for...
Ah, I see. I misread your post.
Originally posted by Barto
I think Panther is far more worthy of the price tag than Jaguar ever was.
Barto
Jag came out with the finally of progs that we needed. And was a 'free' fer all. Panther is just the next step, and it's proving to be a good one.