AW: OT: I want to buy Lion

Pete Haworth lists.pete at haworths.org
Thu Jul 28 13:02:13 EDT 2011


This is not about people who do not want to upgrade, it's about people who
do want to upgrade, are willing to pay, need to support the users of their
applications, but cannot because of Apple's upgrade methodology.  Sounds
like they will provide a "hard copy" method to upgrade eventually.

Pete



On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:

> At the risk of getting flamed by some as an Apple lover, I think that may
> be harsh. Remember one of Microsoft's excuses for not producing a really
> modern OS for so long was that they had to maintain backwards compatibility
> for all their users. At some point this becomes a ball and chain for the
> vendor. Everyone gets less so that some won't be left behind. To a point
> that is all well and good. Beyond that point, I say leave them behind. What
> they have works for them. No one is taking anything away from people who do
> not upgrade. The situation is rather, if you want to upgrade, you will have
> to pay. Is that unfair?
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2011, at 12:26 AM, Warren Samples wrote:
>
> > On Thursday, July 28, 2011 01:41:57 AM Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:
> >> I don't understand why they don't offer anymore any
> >> "classic download" option for backward compatibility for users who are
> not
> >> up to date every day like me.
> >> Tiemo
> >
> >
> > They're not interested in helping you to maintain your "backward" status.
> Apple wants its users up to date,
> > with the program, and feeding them money through iTunes and the App
> Store.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Warren
> >
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