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In article <1992Apr13.001051.2834@athena.mit.edu> dks@athena.mit.edu (dks)  
writes:
> In article <1992Apr12.203519.16037@m.cs.uiuc.edu> coolidge@cs.uiuc.edu  
writes:
> <<Random Bashing deleted>
> We're talking about a wholly owned Apple subsidiary here.  If I can read
> Tech Notes, so bloody well can they.  Not to mention the little detail
> that System 7 itself was slightly late so that there ought to have been
> ample time to put in all the features and bugs we were expecting.  Besides,
> if Claris doesn't showcase OS7 features, who do you think will?
> 
> 
> Dhanesh

We're also talking Tech Notes, not Ten Commandments (e.g. not written in  
stone). There are still System 7.0 features that are not 'per spec' as they  
were discussed at that fateful WWDC in 1989.  Many of the original 'features'  
were postponed until Pink. You probably would not have wanted to wait for  
MacDraw Pro to perfect the use of Line Layout Manager, since it was dropped  
until 7.1 or so.  The fact that 7.0 was late did not give us registered  
developers 'more time', it actually just kept us guessing a little longer if  
Apple had removed a parameter from an AppleEvent rountine, or some other such  
non-sense, so that our products would break the INSTANT 7.0 shipped. ;)

Believe it or not, there is not a direct mind link between Apple system  
software engineers and Claris developers.  Apple is a large corporation, with  
many different R&D departments. Communication breaks down.

As a Claris veteran (empl #173), I can say that there was NO special treatment,  
when Claris was a separate (??) company.  We were treated as fourth-class  
developers.  I had friends, with their OWN companies, who were getting seed  
machines / system software MONTHS before Claris did.

Just $.02 from someone who has done time in the big house. er. big wedge?
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