Re: [Boost-users] [Context] Mac OS X support?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Context] Mac OS X support?
From: Nevin Liber (nevin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-10 13:37:16

On 10 March 2011 11:20, Rush Manbert <rush_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> I would like to advocate in favor of continued support for OS X 10.4. We
> use the boost libraries to develop tools that our customers use to develop
> products for end users. We develop for both Mac and Windows, and we have
> hundreds of thousands of end users who use Macs. Our customers tell us that
> continued 10.4 support is still required. As with others, I have no hard
> numbers, but I know what our customers tell us they need.
>

Customers *always* say this, because it doesn't cost them anything extra
even though it increases your development/support costs.

So if you want numbers, charge your customers extra if they want to keep
using a sufficiently old system. :-)  Another way is to ship the software
for 10.4 as a separate product and see how many people download/buy it.

Even Firefox 4 is dropping support for 10.4.  Unless someone is volunteering
to take on the burden of supporting it specifically, IMHO I think we we
should drop it.

Note:  besides outdated hardware, 10.4 is the last system which supported
the OS 9 emulator.
-- 
 Nevin ":-)" Liber  <mailto:nevin_at_[hidden]>  [phone]