Re: EOF undead?
Re: EOF undead?
- Subject: Re: EOF undead?
- From: Dave Thorup <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 16:55:34 -0600
On 7/2/03 4:00 PM, "Scott Anguish" <email@hidden> wrote:
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On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 4:01 PM, Dave Thorup wrote:
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>> Unfortunately, given that Panther and its APIs are still under NDA,
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>> they are
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>> not an appropriate topic of conversation for this mailing list.
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> This is something I don't understand. Why is this all covered under
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> NDA?
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To control expectations, allow for changes if necessary.
<from the wish I could attend but can't department>
I was just reading a WWDC summary from '97 on Stepwise.com and I'll bet
money that more expectations have been broken and more things have changed
from that WWDC then we'll see change when Panther is available. Back then
"Apple [was] focused on cross-platform..." There was Yellow Box on Windows,
EOF and a lot of other stuff we don't have now. I think if developers have
learned anything about Apple and WWDC it is that things that are previewed
will most likely change and to not get your expectations up too high.
Stepwise.com used to have excellent WWDC coverage (I must thank you for that
Scott, you've provided us with a lot over the years). WWDC used to be an
event where we all got to hear about the new technologies Apple was
developing. Attendees got to see it, learn about it, and preview it
first-hand and the rest of us at least got to hear about Apple's direction
for the future.
Now, those of us who can't afford to attend hear nothing but the keynote and
have to wait 6 months or more until bits and pieces of sample code from WWDC
start to trickle out. Then eventually some of the sessions will show up on
ADC TV.
I can understand Apple not wanting to make some of the material available
right away. It gives you some incentive to go to WWDC. But not to allow
any coverage at all (except the Keynote of course)? To me that's just silly
paranoia. Who are they trying to hide it from? Microsoft? They're
probably already attending.
No matter how I try to look at it, I think that this silly NDA, with respect
to WWDC, hurts Apple. There are thousands developers and would-be
developers that would love to learn from WWDC, but we're being left in the
dark. Sure, I may not be able to apply much of what was covered at WWDC for
six months. But I would like to learn about it so that I can get excited
about it and plan on how to include it in my apps.
</from the wish I could attend but can't department>
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Dave Thorup
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