Am 26.10.2007 um 14:05 schrieb Alastair Houghton: *I* don't particularly want to see tonnes of messages along the lines of "Alastair, please can you answer this because I'm still under the NDA?" (replace my name with anyone eastwards of your location). And Apple probably doesn't want its launch events ruined by developers turning up with developer seeds going "Hey, look at this, it's great" a few hours before the actual event.
(You might say it would be better if Apple had officially lifted the NDA on Leopard-related matters, but I imagine they didn't do that to avoid confusion over what was still covered by NDA and what wasn't.)
Of course, Alastair, smart as you are, you got me. I must confess that I started this thread to make a point.
1) You made a good point about developers running around with developer seeds. Why, exactly, does Apple bring me into the situation where I am getting support requests on Leopard (which I do), but I am supposed to be quiet under NDA, and the final release is not on ADC either?
2) Apple ruined it's own launch event, nobody else. Period. The customers here are receiving Leoaprd from Apple Mail Order, not just some overzealous retailer (the later have mailed out 10.5 on Wednesday, putting it into people's inboxes yesterday)
This is bad planning on Apple's part, and it is causing grief to developers. Bad Apple!
Alex
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