Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

irrelevance

Author:John Jensen
Posted:8/27/2000; 7:30:52 AM
Topic:irrelevance
Msg #:20357
Prev/Next:20356 / 20358

I think some of my amateur punditry predates Eric Raymond's comments about the Mac and irrelevance. I also think I'm approching it from a different angle. When I see Apple (the corporation) disenguage from the world around it, I ask if they are choosing irrelevance.

There are lots of points along the trail that I take as evidence for that choice. One of the big ones was discarding cross-platform development tools (a "Yellow Box" runtime for Windows). Another is the way Apple approaches open source projects that might support their standards (link).

Am I as a UNIX developer willing to play with Apple? Sure, but I get the feeling they are in their backyard, and no one is answering the bell.



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