q4kx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Joel Sumner) (09/21/90)
This was found on Comp.Sys.Mac.Announce. Now if only we heard something
like this on the fabled GS/OS System 6.0.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.announce
Subject: System 7.0 goes beta
Message-ID: <44966@apple.Apple.COM>
From: chuq@Apple.COM (The Wandering Phew)
Approved: chuq@apple.com
[I normally don't post Apple press releases here, but I'll make an
exception. -- chuq]
MOVED OVER BUSINESS WIRE AT 8:36 AM, EDT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1990.
Contact:
Brooke Cohan
(408) 974-3019
APPLE TO BEGIN SHIPMENTS OF BETA-QUALITY SYSTEM 7.0
TO DEVELOPERS: REVISES CUSTOMER SHIP SCHEDULE
CUPERTINO, California -- September 19, 1990 -- Apple Computer, Inc. today
announced it has reached a major milestone in the development of its System
7.0. Apple will begin initial shipments of beta-quality versions of System
7.0, the next version of Macintosh computer system software, to Macintosh
third-party developers in October.
Apple will hold the beta cycle open to solicit thorough developer feedback
and to allow them to begin developing applications to assure a wide array of
System 7.0 applications for customers when the new version of system software
ships. To meet Apple's exacting quality standards, they have revised estimates
for customer shipments of System 7.0 from the end of 1990, to the first half of
calendar 1991.
"Our commitment is to produce the highest quality system software for our
developers and customers," said Roger Heinen, vice president of software
engineering. "Apple's internal standards for software testing are extremely
rigorous, and with the additional feedback from our developers we are confident
System 7.0 will shatter traditional notions of what personal computers can do."
System software controls the way the computer works and provides a
foundation for applications software such as word processing and spreadsheets.
Macintosh system software is best known for producing the distinctive graphical
user interface that set standards for all computing environments. System 7.0
represents the most significant enrichment to the Macintosh since its inception
in 1984.
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Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple
Computer, Inc.
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