Re: Apple's latest downgrades...

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From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 00:00

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Catherine Ferris <kate@tycho.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > But surely it's only the kernel and some of the other code in Rhapsody
> > that's being used, and the OpenStep API is being dropped?
> 
> As I understand it the OpenStep API have evolved into the Yellow Box,
> which is present in Mac OS X. The major problem that OpenStep had was
> it's reliance on Objective C which was a standard unto itself. 

I see.  So all that MacOS X has lost compared to Rhapsody is the Blue
Box MacOS compatibility thingy.  Is that right?  And if so, how does the
slim-line new set of MacOS calls fit in with the general architecture?

[snip dead useful stuff]

Rowland.


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From: real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet (Rebecca and Rowland)
Subject: Re: Apple's latest downgrades...
Date: 1998/06/19
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