Re: Remove unused built in apps?

In message <b59kn1tcqmc8v3bpu7n6qm1il9uueq3trt@xxxxxxxxxx> Jeffrey
Kaplan <cspp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>It is alleged that DevilsPGD claimed:
>
>> Not at all. If all a third party app vendor had to do was link to the
>> patch and refuse to assist users who refuse to install it, it would get
>> out to all the users who are experiencing problems reasonably quickly.
>
>While that is practical in theory, it is impractical in practice. Sure,
>you can definitely cut off support for people using older versions of
>your own software, but if your software is advertised as working with
>OS5, then it works with OS5 and you need to provide support for it.
>You can +recommend+ that the user upgrades their OS if they have a
>flash-rom device, but you cannot mandate it.

No, but when a crash is caused by a bug which has already been fixed (in
an application update or an OS update), an application vendor's
responsibility ends when they point out the update's availability to the
user.

While some users won't update, you can only help those who will help
themselves.

--
They say you shouldn't say anything about the dead unless it's good.

"He's dead. Good."
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