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In article <1992Oct3.053328.1538@tetrasoft.com> Joseph R. Grace  
<JGrace@TetraSoft.com> writes:
> 3.0 incorporates a lot of well architected (designed)
> operating system support   for things like localization
> and help (and lots more, of course) --- neither of   which
> are really *used* yet.  I think NeXT is approaching these
> problems in a   stepwise fashion.  First, organize the
> system with features to support what   people need and want
> (e.g., localization and help); then release because
> time   is money, [...].  Second, now that the features are in
> place, NeXT will figure   out how best (at least 1st cut) to
> use them and take advantage of them (think   NS3.1 here :-). 
> 

Well, I would really like it if that was the case, and I
hope it is. But what it looks like to me is that NeXT has, for
example, built in the possibility of non-english
spelling dictionaries. Great. Now, will it let a third
party make some $$$ by shipping one? Similarly, if you
bring up the language part of the Target->Inspector of
DL, it looks like it has the capability to load indexing
rules for other languages, but none are provided. (The
place to put those rules appears to be
/NextLibrary/Readers, or I guess, /LocalLibrary/Readers.) 
If NeXT intends to include some rules for other languages in 3.1,
then fine, and I will be a happy camper. But *will they*, or will
they let a third party do it and sell it to us?  

If NeXT is short on resources to do this stuff, why doesn't it
contract a third party to do the work and then bundle it with its
OS?

> Anyway, I think NeXT is just making progress
> step-by-step, and this step was   providing
> architectural support.  Presumably, the next step will
> be use of the   support for things like thorough
> localization and help.  (Can you say "NS3.1"?   :-) 
> 

I hope so...

I do agree that there is progress. Maybe I expected too much out
of 3.0.

Later,
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