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- From: DEWAELE.W@AppleLink.Apple.COM (De Waele Willy - Gent,BE,IHD)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.oop.macapp3
- Subject: Re2: * Takeover Proposal *
- Message-ID: <725330059.1285881@AppleLink.Apple.COM>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 00:31:00 GMT
- Sender: daemon@Apple.COM
- Organization: AppleLink Gateway
- Lines: 59
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- Hi Robert and all MacApp 3.0 lovers,
-
- Robert, receiving your link (on Xmas) is encouraging ...
-
- > MADA could not undertake a project of that scope without a significant
- increase ...
-
- All is depending on the amount of a separate fee for the members subcribing the
- MacApp upgrade.
- IF (!) Apple will cease maintenance of MacApp, MADA is in the best position to
- coordinate the bug fixes, submitted and tested by members.
- Indeed we can submit implementation of new features also to MacApp.
- The new versions of MacApp can be distributed on a CD (personally i will
- subcribe!) or/and ETO (there are allmost no differences between ETO #8 and #9).
-
- > So how can MacApp live on? It probably can't as the commercial framework that
- it is today. But it would be a shame to let the technology wither and
- die.
-
- As i mention in my previous link, Apple should upgrade MacApp with bug fixes
- and new features as QuickTime, OSL, AppleScript, QuickDraw GX ....
- Indeed it would be a big shame if Apple will 'drag MacApp into Trash'!!!!
- MacApp is very good and allmost complete, and used by a lot of developers.
- BTW i have experimented a while with MS C++ 7.0. I added a lot of basic coding
- to my subclasses to make it complete!
-
- > This simple act would likely make MacApp the overnight favorite framework
- among students and tiny developers.
- > MacApp would become a learning tool for aspiring object-oriented Mac
- programmers
-
- A lot of students and developers (*tiny* and others) are developing without a
- framework because working flexible with a framework, a fast Mac with minimum 16
- Mb and a *huge* harddisk is a must, which means a *big* investment for a
- student (plus the cost of subcribing the software).
- MacApp (and other frameworks) aren't easy, it take some time (a few months?)
- learning OOD, OOP and understanding the structure of the framework (where and
- how to overwrite) by *browsing* the framework code.
- BTW i learned a lot of *tricks* for my non-MacApp applications.
-
- ---
-
- Something else to consider: what about the cost of
- - the conversion of a lot of MacApp applications
- - learning a new framework
- - fixing first version bugs
- - overhead of a multi-platform framework.
-
- We know that Apple is reading these links, by sending links to the group is the
- only way to convince Apple to keep MacApp as our favorite Mac framework.
-
- I give my answer on Eric's title in one of the issues of FrameWorks 'Is MacApp
- 3.0 Dead?' No way, but it is still stagnant, and that is also a shame!!!!
-
- Xmas (without snow) Regards
- Willy
-
- ps: still learning MacApp ...
-
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