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- From: mikey@wicat.com (Michael D. Rossetti)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.oop.macapp3
- Subject: MA - Takeover or Death
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.151122.24125@wicat.com>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 15:11:22 GMT
- References: <726106500.4047195@AppleLink.Apple.COM>
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- Organization: Jostens Learning Corporation
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- Friends,
-
- My thinking could possibly be flawed on this matter but I offer the
- following observation after having given some thought to the 'death' of
- MacApp, suggestions to have MADA or some other organization acquire it,
- etc:
-
- Observation:
- Bedrock will eventually ship.
- Bedrock _may_ not be the answer many of us are looking for (or maybe
- it'll just take some of us a bit longer to accept reality).
- Bedrock will destroy sales of MacApp.
- MacApp will eventually no longer be supported by Apple.
- MacApp is not likely to be a money maker for anyone (MacApp framework
- sales just won't be that high).
- No one else will pick up MacApp and put the money into it to perform
- serious bug fixes, enhancements, QA, et al.
- WHAT COULD BE BETTER?
-
- Haven't all of us (MacApp devotees) been reluctant to modify the MacApp
- sources? Haven't we been taught that if we muck with MacApp (MuckApp?)
- we stand a good chance of mucking things up when the next release comes
- out? Well, there isn't going to be another MacApp release! We can muck
- to our hearts content putting in all those neat fixes and improvements
- which we've wanted to for years! It's ours to do with as we please!
-
- Of course, any enhancements to the Macintosh extensions offerings (ie.
- Quickdraw GX, OCE) won't automatically get folded in. And we won't get
- PowerPC support and cross-platform capability. And...
-
- So maybe what we need to do is have MADA form a loose organization of
- MuckAppers who manage a library of changes and enhancements offered by
- the members, police one another, publicize status, solicit extensions,
- etc. QA becomes the responsibility of the group as a whole rather than a
- cost center. Sure, there'll be problems but maybe this deserves a bit 'o
- thought (because it's a fact MacApp's commercial support is going to
- dissappear).
-
- I'd love to hear some discussion on these thougts.
-
-
- Michael D. Rossetti Internet: mikey@wicat.com
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