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Re: The Death of 10.8?

From Sandman <mr@sandman.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: The Death of 10.8?
Date 2013-10-28 15:12 +0000
Message-ID <slrnl6t023.aah.mr@irc.sandman.net> (permalink)
References <slrnl6sru3.tjm.g.kreme@mbp55.local> <526e7a6e$0$8957$c3e8da3$4e334b76@news.astraweb.com>

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In article <526e7a6e$0$8957$c3e8da3$4e334b76@news.astraweb.com>, Mordred <mordred@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I flippantly said that Apple could drop support for 10.8 now that 10.9
> > is out for the same hardware at no cost. I wasn't being serious at the
> > time, but after seeing how Apple is pushing Mavericks on the App Store
> > I'm not so sure that they are not planning on dropping 10.8 very soon.
> > 
> > Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised to see it show up in Software Update
> > sometime soon, maybe when the first security update comes out.
> 
>  The question is "What's wrong with this?". 10.8 has no perks 
>  whatsoever(at least I don't see them) in comparison to 10.9. Why would 
>  you want to stay on Mountain Lion? I am not talking about _now_. Of 
>  course, at the moment 10.9 is still in beta state. But after the 10.9.1 
>  I would expect to have a nice and stable system, with improved Finder, 
>  iCloud keychain and other features. 

"beta state"? Someone is confused about a word definition here...


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The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 14:08 +0000
  Re: The Death of 10.8? Mordred <mordred@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 15:53 +0100
    Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-28 15:12 +0000
      Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <email@michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-28 08:34 -0700
        Re: The Death of 10.8? android <here@there.was> - 2013-10-28 16:48 +0100
          Re: The Death of 10.8? android <here@there.was> - 2013-10-28 16:55 +0100
            Re: The Death of 10.8? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-10-28 16:24 +0000
              Re: The Death of 10.8? android <here@there.was> - 2013-10-28 17:33 +0100
              Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-28 10:10 -0700
              Re: The Death of 10.8? David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2013-10-28 16:14 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-29 09:39 +1300
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-28 14:23 -0700
        Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-28 15:54 +0000
          Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-28 14:50 -0400
            Re: The Death of 10.8? Mordred <mordred@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 19:56 +0100
              Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-28 15:11 -0400
            Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-28 21:24 +0000
              Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-28 18:10 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 07:49 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-29 05:49 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 10:25 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-29 06:52 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 11:41 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-29 10:29 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 15:38 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 06:36 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 06:35 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 06:33 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-10-29 08:47 -0500
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 15:45 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-29 14:32 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-10-29 09:57 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 07:35 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 15:50 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 08:58 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 16:03 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-29 23:36 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-29 14:32 -0400
          Re: The Death of 10.8? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-28 18:11 -0400
    Re: The Death of 10.8? David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2013-10-28 12:19 -0400
      Re: The Death of 10.8? Mordred <mordred@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 19:59 +0100
    Re: The Death of 10.8? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-10-28 16:22 +0000
      Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 20:53 +0000
        Re: The Death of 10.8? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-10-28 21:55 +0000
          Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 22:53 +0000
            Re: The Death of 10.8? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-28 18:58 -0400
              Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 23:24 +0000
            Re: The Death of 10.8? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-28 19:13 -0400
              Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-28 16:32 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-28 16:35 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-28 20:04 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-28 22:45 -0400
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-29 23:26 +0000
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-29 18:14 -0700
                Re: The Death of 10.8? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-10-28 23:59 -0400
    Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 20:50 +0000
    Re: The Death of 10.8? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-29 10:53 +1300

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