Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!sdcsvax!gould9!joel From: joel@gould9.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Should we support (official solutions) Message-ID: <913@gould9.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Dec-86 11:07:27 EST Article-I.D.: gould9.913 Posted: Wed Dec 10 11:07:27 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 03:23:39 EST References: <385@runx.OZ> <1366@hoptoad.uucp> <342@apple.UUCP> <1411@hoptoad.uucp> <912@gould9.UUCP> Organization: Western Software Technology, Vista, CA Lines: 18 Summary: Editorial comment I guess I forgot to put in my concluding summary, which is: OK, Apple, you don't want to publish the current interface, because it is "wrong" and you plan to change it. Please do it the "right" way as soon as possible, and then publish (and freeze) the interface. You shouldn't try to guess what developers should and should not do and decide to cooperate accordingly, since this stifles innovation and won't stop them, anyway. Instead, listen to what they say they want to do. The Macintosh software architecture is wonderfully open in many ways, but there are a few places that were missed (or mis-designed) and these areas should be fixed incrementally. -- Joel West MCI Mail: 282-8879 Western Software Technology, POB 2733, Vista, CA 92083 {cbosgd, ihnp4, pyramid, sdcsvax, ucla-cs} !gould9!joel joel%gould9.uucp@NOSC.ARPA