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#LaserWriter 8.0

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#142582From: Su. Suttle TaggartOct 4, 1993 4:40 PM
I've just spent 10 minutes trying to find LW8 which the message says is in Libry 8. I can't find it in ANY of the Libraries. What gives? Read action !
#142623From: Lofty BeckerOct 4, 1993 8:58 PM
We pulled it because the copy (which we got from Apple) would no longer install properly (some of the software in it had an expiration date). LaserWriter 8.1's been released, and we hope to have that shortly. -Lofty Read action !
#142643From: David RamseyOct 4, 1993 9:49 PM
Su., Apple apparently released the LW 8.0 installer with a timed decompressor that quit working on the first of this month. We've removed it from the libraries and are awaiting 8.1…sorry for the trouble! Read action !
#142718From: bob korbOct 5, 1993 12:52 PM
Can we fathom why Apple did this? Perhaps they knew an 8.1 was going to be called for, real soon…? Truly amazing. Read action !
#142780From: David RamseyOct 5, 1993 10:02 PM
Bob, I think the most likely explanation of the LW 8.0 snafu is that it was a mistake. Read action !
#142830From: bob korbOct 6, 1993 10:29 AM
I'd have thought you had to go a bit out of your way to date a file to expire, but I know Apple's installer stuff is pretty arcane. Read action !
#142898From: Matt DeatherageOct 6, 1993 10:19 PM
Apple licensed the software from a third-party, which didn't _tell_ Apple it would expire on October 1st. That's why. –Matt Read action !