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Re: (OFF) What Ever Happened To OpenDoc?
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Re: (OFF) What Ever Happened To OpenDoc?


  • Subject: Re: (OFF) What Ever Happened To OpenDoc?
  • From: Stefaan Degryse <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 18:25:45 +0200

At about 26/7/01 5:21 pm, "Jon Pugh" <email@hidden> said the
following:

> At 12:48 AM -0600 7/26/2001, Peter Bunn wrote:
>> (OFF) What Ever Happened To OpenDoc?
>
> It was the first of the "old" Apple technologies to be "Steved" after the NeXT
> acquisition. Or, as Steve said at the next WWDC, "We've finally put a bullet
> in the head of OpenDoc."
>
> All of the OpenDoc and CyberDog (the browser based on OpenDoc) teams were laid
> off. OpenDoc has been relegated to the dustbin.
>
> It's kind of sad, really.
>
> Jon
> _______________________________________________

Didn't that have something to do with pressure from Microsoft too, who were
not at all happy (understatement) with the OpenDoc technology from Apple
'cause they believed it was some sort of copyright rip off of one of their
own technologies?

Could be wrong here, but that's how I remember things. But then again I'm
getting old ... fast (that's what programming does to you ;-)

Take care
Stef,


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