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Re: scriptingNews outline for 3/9/99

Author:Wesley Felter
Posted:3/9/1999; 10:20:45 PM
Topic:scriptingNews outline for 3/9/99
Msg #:3866 (In response to 3836)
Prev/Next:3865 / 3867

Most of the apps that have been announced for MacOS X Server are either ported Unix apps or updated NeXT apps, since you can port those kind of apps easily to MacOS X Server. I wouldn't be surprised if Dave hasn't heard of them.

But there's another force at play: the beta program. Most developers do not have access to MacOS X Server; all they have is Rhapsody DR2. Thus their apps haven't been tested on MacOS X Server and you can't ship an app until you've tested it (hopefully). A small, hand-picked group was allowed to test the late betas of MacOS X Server; not surprisingly Apple picked companies with existing NeXT code who are targeting the same makets Apple is: mostly publishing and Web serving. These folks can get their apps out early, while other developers wait impatiently for the official release.

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