Panther question

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As I do not have Panther, can someone let me know why this  apparently throws 
an error on OSX 10.3.2 but works on Jaguar?
 
# Given folder path pPath, open desktop folder:
on OpenFolder pPath
set the itemdel to  "."
if item 1 of the systemVersion >= 10  then
get shell("open " &  pPath)
     else
[...snip...]
end if
end OpenFolder

Confirmation, insights and preferably a solution would be much  appreciated!
 
/H
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