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From: joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Apple's response to 10 Challenges
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Date: Tue, 20-May-86 11:35:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 20 11:35:20 1986
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In article <21100044@orstcs.UUCP>, nathan@orstcs.UUCP (nathan myers) writes:
> In response to my Ten Challenges posting, I got a letter from
> our respected contact at Apple:
> I have paraphrased his comments *just a bit* :
> 
> >#1: (search string construction kit, w/ context-free grammar ability)
> >    yes, but we at Apple prefer a less innovative approach.

(misc. crap deleted)

> I'm sure Larry won't mind my taking liberties with his text. (grin)
...
> p.s. you do know a roast when you see one, don't you?

Mr. Myers is having fun, but I really don't think that his smart-ass 
paraphrasing contributes anything.  If he would like to share Apple's response,
fine; if he'd like to say that Apple was unresponsive, fine; but to attribute 
a tone to the response without sharing the actual facts is irresponsible.  
If Larry no longer responds to this forum because of one jerk who reamed him, 
I will personally distribute news software with a kill for nathan@orstcs.UUCP 
hard-wired in.

Maybe Mr. Myers will someday grow up and join the real world, where he'll 
discover that life (and computer systems development) is full of trade-offs, 
that optimal solutions are not always available, that adding new features 
willy-nilly is neither practical or desirable.  Or perhaps he'll learn that 
with finite resources, getting something OUT THE DOOR that can be sold and 
generate sales (where did you think paychecks came from?) is a real challenge.

I thought the original TEN CHALLENGES were interesting and thought-provoking,
so I was suprised and disappointed to see this follow-up.
-- 
	Joel West	 	(619) 457-9681
	CACI, Inc. Federal, 3344 N. Torrey Pines Ct., La Jolla, CA  92037
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