Re: Wow! Just installed OPENSTEP ENTERPRISE 4.2
Re: Wow! Just installed OPENSTEP ENTERPRISE 4.2
- Subject: Re: Wow! Just installed OPENSTEP ENTERPRISE 4.2
- From: Todd Heberlein <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:21:31 -0700
> I had a shrinkwraped OPENSTEP Enterprise 4.2 CD from March 1997 in my file cabinet, so I just installed it on a crap 1.83GHz Core 2 (not-duo) running Windows XP SP3.
I wonder how much value it lost when you removed the shrink wrap?
I've kept only two old computers with me over the years -- a Mac SE/30 and my original NeXTstation color slab. I remember when working on those computers that I really did feel like I was taking a significant step forward into the future.
Objective C, NIBs, the basic AppKit architecture, and so much more that Avie and those other key players brought us is those early days are still here in one form or another. Those early developers were like prophets in the wilderness when few were listening. Now I see so many Macs and iOS systems being sold, and I feel like I can say, "Yes, they were right."
> Alternately, it is sad how little Cocoa development has improved in 13 years.
It took a lot longer to bring out Mac OS X than I expected after the acquisition. We never got our "yellow box" for windows (with the promised free runtime libraries). Display Postscript was ripped out. I remember feeling a little afraid when Steve announced Carbon saying that the old Mac APIs were still the company's crown jewels. It was not a straight line from OPENSTEP to Snow Leopard and iOS 4, but we got here.
Today I have troubles imaging new things I really want in a future Mac OS releases. If there is one thing I want, I guess it is a big push in resolution independence. I don't feel it has gotten much attention since Apple first announced it a few years ago. I think Mac OS X on retina display quality monitors would be cool and truly immersive, but resolution independence needs to be ubiquitous for that to happen.
Todd
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