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From: Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English)
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Subject: Will System 7 help developers overcome the "kitchen sink" urge?
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Date: 13 Apr 91 20:11:16 GMT
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James Elliott writes in a message to All

JE> I don't know what market forces have been leading in this unfortunate 
JE> direction, but I hope that when System 7 finally comes out, it 
JE> will present an opportunity for users and developers alike to 
JE> step back and think about what Mac applications should be and 
JE> how they should fit together

I think that it is simply a matter of money: the larger companies would like
to see their particular brand of kitchen sink used and not someone else's. The
only developers that would have a use for such a plan as:

JE> It seems to me that shrinking the focus of applications while 
JE> strengthening their seamless and transparent sharing of objects 
JE> is the way to go. It will lead to less wasted code, space and 
JE> time, better thought-out and implemented approaches to specific 
JE> problems, and will help the vast (and growing) user community 
JE> to come up with their own creative ways of putting pieces together 
JE> into unique solutions

would be those that don't already have millions invested in *B*I*G* applications.
IE, the little guys. Maybe a group of smaller  developers should band together
to work with Apple on creating the kind of programs that you envision. Don't
look to MicroSoft, Aldus, Ashton Tate, etc to lead the way...


Lawson

 

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