Re:Next Computers
by Torwald on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @04:49AM
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> As an aside, personally I’m curious about an alternative timeline…
This sorta happened at Apple (and IBM and Motorola) with the OpenDoc/Taligent initiatives. With the return of the Jedi however, Master Steve axed OpenDoc at Apple, to much chagrin of those involved.
Some of that hostility became internet famous, I am sure most of you have seen the video from the conference back then.
It is interesting how (in the video) Steve explains the decision: the Smalltalk way doesn't fit into an overall cohesive vision that allows you to serve the majority of people.
I think he got it right. The Mac/Win ways of Apps is the right way to slice and dice these issues. I do use Emacs every day. I do feel the Smalltalk way and I like it. But it's not the "right" way; just not.
The best concepts of integrating a terminal/shell CLI driven environment with a GUI and together with on-the-fly manipulation of ENV variables and objects based on those was actualized by the Amiga. Unfortunately Commodore went bankrupt.
This sorta happened at Apple (and IBM and Motorola) with the OpenDoc/Taligent initiatives. With the return of the Jedi however, Master Steve axed OpenDoc at Apple, to much chagrin of those involved.
Some of that hostility became internet famous, I am sure most of you have seen the video from the conference back then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o#:~:text=I%20thin....
It is interesting how (in the video) Steve explains the decision: the Smalltalk way doesn't fit into an overall cohesive vision that allows you to serve the majority of people.
I think he got it right. The Mac/Win ways of Apps is the right way to slice and dice these issues. I do use Emacs every day. I do feel the Smalltalk way and I like it. But it's not the "right" way; just not.
The best concepts of integrating a terminal/shell CLI driven environment with a GUI and together with on-the-fly manipulation of ENV variables and objects based on those was actualized by the Amiga. Unfortunately Commodore went bankrupt.