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From: andrew@ems.Ems.MN.ORG (Andrew C. Esh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Object Pascal on the PC!
Summary: MacApp will never leave the Mac
Message-ID: <7348@ems.Ems.MN.ORG>
Date: 17 Apr 89 02:05:29 GMT
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Reply-To: andrew@ems.Ems.MN.ORG (Andrew C. Esh)
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	All MacApp applications must be licensed with Apple, since they 
make extensive use of Apple produced source code.  The moment someone
markets a program for OS/2 using MacApp, Apple will sue.  This is fair,
since it is their code, and it must be used with their computers, according
to the license agreement.
	Object Oriented Pascal on OS/2 would be nice, and with a library of
objects that accomplish the same thing as MacApp that is not under an Apple
copyright, it would allow easy ports to and from the Mac.  If such a level of
compatibility could be agreed upon by Apple and Microsoft, it be of mutual
benefit.  Programmers of either discipline could produce applications for
both machines, and more products would migrate.  It would be like
knowing Unix; you know one, you're close to knowing them all.  This increases
the value, and the likelyhood, of learning OOPS.