Re: [OT]MacOSX 10.3.3?!?
Re: [OT]MacOSX 10.3.3?!?
- Subject: Re: [OT]MacOSX 10.3.3?!?
- From: Gary Ross <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:04:28 +0900
On 24 Feb 2004, at 4:38 pm, Dany Schutte wrote:
Here's a link to the mac rumors article that was quoted in the forum
http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2004/02/20040219061628.shtml
so, there is an update in the works it appears.
Well, there's always an update in the works. But why would such an
article mean anything? "On Wednesday, Apple provided developers with a
new pre-release seed of Mac OS X 10.3.3, sources said". Who are these
sources? If it said, Apple says on apple.com then I may be inclined to
believe it. Otherwise, I'll wait till Apple deigns to let us mere
mortals know.
Gary
On Feb 23, 2004, at 11:23 AM, Greg Parker wrote:
On Feb 23, 2004, at 10:53 AM, Stef wrote:
http://macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40989&highlight=10.3.3
That's quoting from a Mac OS Rumors article that is speculating about
alleged developer seeds. I don't see anything in either article about
a final release, and in fact there is no such release.
I am a newcomer in MacOSX area, and - based on the tradition of
other OS-es - I was assuming that postings of the above nature imply
an imminent (i.e. very close - see last person's posting about being
in his Software Update "soon enough") release ?!? Isn't this how
MacOSX works, or is their development cycle longer, after issuing
what appears (from the article above, as well as similar ones on
other sites) to be beta code?!?
Here are the three things you need to know about the Mac OS X release
cycle:
1. Apple does give seeds of some releases to some developers. These
seeds are issued under non-disclosure agreements. Information about
the seeds is not generally available on the developer's site - you
usually need to be a paid ADC member to get them. Sometimes seeds go
out quite early in the development cycle and would not be considered
"beta code" by most definitions. Other times the seeds are expected
to be identical to the shipping version. The existence of these seeds
may or may not mean that a release is imminent.
2. There are dozens of rumors sites and discussion boards that
speculate about future Mac OS X releases, and sometimes acquire
actual developer seeds and discuss them. The existence of these
rumors may or may not mean that a release is imminent.
3. Apple does not comment on unannounced products. Therefore, even if
we were planning a 10.3.3 release, and it had been seeded to
developers, and it was going to appear on Software Update within the
next hour, I would still say "there is no 10.3.3 final". The
existence of these denials may or may not mean that a release is
imminent.
--
Greg Parker email@hidden Not an X11.app developer
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