RE: Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 5 Developer Preview (9M3092)

Ulrich Kortenkamp wrote:
>You have to realize that this is just not something that I'm prepared to
>go through. I do fill up my hard drives quite easily, and 30 GB is a lot
>of space to waste. I already have to cram two OS X installs + Windows
>bloody Vista and Linux into the machine. And I tend use the disk space
>for other things than operating systems too...
So how would roll back solve the issue of multiple Mac OS X versions,
Windows, Linux...


>When I have to go through this amount of work just to help improving
>Apple's products, I'm simply wondering what's in it for me.

Maybe less trouble when the final release hits the streets and your
customers call you and blame you for Apple's bugs?

>If it's so easy, then why aren't people doing it? 
Yeah, I wonder too, I guess most people just won't be bothered when
there is so much else to do. While I would not mind having
a decent rollback, I don't think it would solve many issues for me.
Or maybe they have been spoiled by the amazing ease of actually
writing three platform compatible code with Java....

>Your definition of easy is surely not what most people would call easy.
Well  speak for yourself I find it easy to keep several external harddisk
with bootable Mac OS X on them and multiple virtual images of
Windows and Linux as well, so I guess I'm not most people.

Really, considering that we are all programmers here, we deal
with much more difficult and complex issues than weather
we can roll back a DP or not.

cheers Kusti

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