no mention of OS9 at rev? Not true.

[Robert Brenstein]

>Obviously it's been hard for them to deal with their development 
>tools for an OS that's been officially off the roadmap now for a 
>while.

It may be off the roadmap but it is alive and well and still used by 
millions. It actually speaks for its quality that it lives so long 
with no updates and only a few known problems. I just turned on my 
Windows 98 computer and found new security patches released recently 
for it. MS tried to stop supporting W98 but there are clearly enough 
users that they continue doing so for now. Apple's switching to Intel 
chips with no support for Classic emulation in Rosetta will give a 
big blow to OS9 but considering excellent longevity of Apple 
hardware, it does not mean its immediate death (vide HyperCard :). Of 
course, OS9 as a market for general applications is pretty much out; 
however, RR is not delivering user-end applications but development 
tools, and it is clear that there is still a segment of their users 
that uses and supports OS9. It would be a shame if they stopped 
supporting OS9 before their users do.

Robert