----- Original Message ----- From: Skip Montanaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> This is probably a bit off-topic for this list, That's OK. This list is the only one I'm on where folks that seem to really understand OS-X reside as well. > It seems that Apple's upgrade policy almost forces me to buy new > versions as soon as they are released. It's not so much their policy, as the fact that they have been making major changes, very frequently. This is a good thing, as 10.1 had, at best the quality of a beta version. > I > really hate to say this, but in this respect backward compatibility in > Windows seems to be much better. I'm no fan of windows, but you are absolutely right. Backward compatibility is much better than it has been for OS-X. Of course, it took Windows to get to NT 5 (Win 2000) to be worth using at all. Apple did somethuing similar, but got to 10.3 MUCH faster, once they got started! > Am I missing something? You're missing the fact that OS-X is a propriatary product, and they therefore have you by the b**ls. If you want to run software like that, you need to accept that fact. Apple has a long history of great products, with occasional losers, a dedicated user base, and jerking that user base around once in a while. >From how I read your post, your only real objection is that Apple is making you pay for all these upgrades. That's one thing I like about Linux. Change is rapid, and backward compatibility is no better, but at least I don't have to pay a bunch of money each time I upgrade. As others have pointed out, the number of changes between the 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 upgrades have been enough to justify calling it a "new" version, and charging for it. However, they have been rapidly released. I think free upgrades for say, three years would be reasonable. On the other hand, some folks like to license software more as a lease. Perhaps $100/yr isn't too much for the use of OS-X. -Chris _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
