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End of support for OS X 10.4 and 10.5
Why pull support and remove functionality? Why not just drop support -- just stop updating the app but still allow basic functionality? There are still a lot of legacy machines that are still in use ...
There is still a lot of productive work being done on PowerPC Mac computers. These computers cannot upgrade past Mac OS X 10.5.x because that is the last revision that supports the PowerPC processor. While I can understand why you don't want to include support for these old computers in new versions of Dropbox, please do not turn off the old apps. Let them run in a sort of legacy mode. Syncing files and offering links.
Thanks Robert S. The other option is to drop the box. Doing business is about relationships and we make decisions every day about which relationships we nurture. If drop box can afford to throw us out, bully for them.
There are a lot of people, especially in the music community (which our culture doesnt value enough to pay a living wage) who are doing productive work on "obsolete" software. A resourceful bunch, fortunately. Same for educators. Im really not too stressed about it. I use a lot of things considered obsolete, by the elite. Life is good, with or without dropbox. It, too, will be obsolete one day.
The word obsolete has changed meaning in the last few years, as things speed up to a ridiculous rate. I bought the i Mac to take advantage of SnowLeopard, but ancient recording gear slowed the transition. Its all about money, on both sides of the fence. I prefer to live without fences. Or money, for that matter!
