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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Apple ignoring its own standards
Message-ID: <28673@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 10 Apr 89 00:22:31 GMT
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In article <6936@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:
>
>I really don't think that, if I wrote an application as maniacally
>unconcerned about the Mac standards as Atkinson's MacPaint and
>HyperCard, I would be in the same boat as Atkinson as far as Apple is
>concerned.  I think it would be more likely that Apple would publically
>call my program a bad example of third-party Mac software, than that
>Apple would tout it all over the planet as the greatest thing since
>sliced silicon.  But then, HyperCard is from Apple, so the standards
>don't apply.  Right.

Wrong.
As far as DTS is concerned, you would be in the same boat.  You must
remember that Apple is not necessarily of one mind concerning many
issues, especially those concerning human interface and programming
techniques.  The same standards apply in DTS as well as some other
groups within Apple, and they are applied across the board to third-party
developers and Apple employees.  It is damn difficult to keep telling
developers that they should or should not do this or that when others
within Apple contradict what we say with their products, etc., but we
do it because it is our job and we know the problems you will face in
the future if you don't follow the guidelines we try to provide.


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