dcr0@GTE.COM (David Robbins) (05/12/89)
Things seem to be too quiet lately. Back in late January or early February, I read in the trade press that A/UX 1.1 was going to be released in late February or early March. Well, March has come and gone, and since about mid-March I have heard *absolutely nothing* in the press or on the net about the release of A/UX 1.1. I have A/UX 1.0 complete with a subscription to the A/UX software update service, but I have yet to hear from Apple about the upgrade to 1.1. The silence is deafening. I gather from the fact that comp.unix.aux continues to carry articles referring to 1.1 that 1.1 is still in beta test at least. Is Apple doing for A/UX 1.1 what Microsoft did for Word 4.0? Did Sculley promise that 1.1 would not be shipped until *all* the bugs were out? And how long can we non-beta A/UX users expect to wait? Or aren't there enough of us for Apple to worry about? After all the silence, I called our Apple rep the other day, who assured me that, yes, my A/UX update service is alive and just waiting for 1.1 to be released. My question "When might I expect to see 1.1?" was not even dignified with any sort of answer at all -- it was as though the rep didn't even hear me ask it! Anyone on the net know what's going on? -- Dave Robbins GTE Laboratories Incorporated drobbins@gte.com 40 Sylvan Rd. ...!harvard!bunny!drobbins Waltham, MA 02254
chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (05/12/89)
>After all the silence, I called our Apple rep the other day, who assured me >that, yes, my A/UX update service is alive and just waiting for 1.1 to be >released. My question "When might I expect to see 1.1?" was not even >dignified with any sort of answer at all -- it was as though the rep didn't >even hear me ask it! A/UX 1.1 has been shipping for a few weeks with new systems. Updates were delayed due to problems in duplication, but should have started shipping either last week or this week. Chuq Von Rospach =|= Editor,OtherRealms =|= Member SFWA/ASFA chuq@apple.com =|= CI$: 73317,635 =|= AppleLink: CHUQ [This is myself speaking. No company can control my thoughts.] Bookends. What a wonderful thought.
phil@Apple.COM (Phil Ronzone) (05/12/89)
In article <6916@bunny.GTE.COM> dcr0@GTE.COM (David Robbins) writes: >... my A/UX update service is alive and just waiting for 1.1 to be >released. My question "When might I expect to see 1.1?" .... > >Anyone on the net know what's going on? Yes. :-) :-) :-) It should be available as we speak (write? post? ...) +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Philip K. Ronzone, Apple Computer, 10440 Bubb Rd, MS 58A, Cupertino, CA 95014| |{amdahl,decwrl,sun,voder,nsc,mtxinu,dual,unisoft,...}!apple!phil | +-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | All "IMHOs" disclaimed and copyrighted. | Self defense is a human right ... | +-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
hkhenson@cup.portal.com (H Keith Henson) (05/13/89)
chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: >A/UX 1.1 has been shipping for a few weeks with new systems. Updates were >delayed due to problems in duplication, but should have started shipping >either last week or this week. For those of you who have MacNews (Sun's PostScript based window system ported to A/UX) you will need to update your MacNews as well. Contact Grasshopper Group 408-266-4783 or mail to orders@toad.com Keith Henson (hkhenson@cup.portal.com)