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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS?
Date: 13 Aug 2015 19:40:55 GMT
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On 2015-08-13, Erilar <drache@notchibardun.net> wrote:
> Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>> In article <1267367920461016371.859860drache-notchibardun.net@news.eternal-september.org>,
>> Erilar  <drache@notchibardun.net> wrote:
>>> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>>> In article
>>>> <1200648994460926288.982237drache-notchibardun.net@news.eternal-septembe
>>>> r.org>, Erilar <drache@notchibardun.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> yosemite is free.
>>>> 
>>>> that's not a very good way to make money.
>>> 
>>> Making software useless so people need to buy replacements or at least new
>>> versions, if such are available is free???
>> 
>> I know that a lot of software stopped working between 10.6 and 10.7
>> because of the removal of Rosetta from OS X, but, pray tell, what
>> were the disastrous effects of going from 10.9 to 10.10? I just
>> googled for "Mac OS X Yosemite software compatibility" and saw very
>> few reports of problems, most probably from the early days of the release.
>> Or are you just indulging in hyperbole?
>> 
>> I bought a MacBook Air a few weeks ago and have successfully installed
>> some of my old programs. Yes, the same ones that are running on my iMac
>> with Snow Leopard. So far, there have been two apps I've had to update.
>> Hardly a surprise, going from 10.6 to 10.10. (My old MacBook was running
>> 10.4, so I moved apps from the newer iMac instead.)
>
> You obviously have different software requirements than I have.

Notably, she does not seem to have the "must run ancient software
without updating it", and "must not force me to change any of my
behaviors" requirements. ; )

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