Re: [WinMac] Re: Re:Choice of AppleShare IP 6.0 vs. NT

Curtis Wilcox(cwcx[at]uhura.cc.rochester.edu)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:41:40 -0400

At 10:52 AM 10/13/98 -0400, Paul Frankenstein wrote:
>>Carbon essentially erases the need for all the "boxes" of Rhapsody. They
>>were confusing, to say the least. This is why the name changed to Mac OS
>>X, since it is quite a different look from a developer's angle. (That and
>>Rhapsody was really just a code name, bound to be changed to an actual
>>product name.)
>>
>>Jeff T
>>thorstadj@macconnect.com
>
>But what's going to happen to the OpenStep/NextStep APIs? If I'm a Mac
>developer working on porting a program, Carbon's the greatest thing since
>sliced bread (and who did invent that, anyway?) But if I'm creating a
>package from scratch, I'd rather work with OpenStep/NextStep.

Are those APIs supported in Rhapsody's Yellow Box? The Yellow Box will be
in MacOS X. In the MacWorld article I cited their speculation was that
existing Mac software would be "Carbonized" but new application development
would often occur in the Yellow Box. The drawback to Yellow Box apps is
that they'll only run under MacOS X or Rhapsody so people with pre-G3 Macs
would be SOL.

<ob.X-platform comment>
BTW, Yellow Box development is continuing for PowerPC and Intel platforms
which could lead to cross-platform compatible applications.
</ob.X-platform comment>

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