On 10/23/2012 11:56 AM, chris clepper wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> Hmm, Max and the web were created on NeXTSTEP because it was such a great >> media environment. There definitely was a shift to consumer side at Apple, >> but Apple was always much more consumer focused than NeXTSTEP. The base >> level >> machine cost $10,000 in 1990! >> > > My information comes from sitting at One Infinite Loop with the heads of > QT, Graphics and Imaging, etc during the transition from QT to QTKit. I > was also there the week all of those people were displaced to make room for > the iPhone team on campus. It was not a subtle hint where things were > going.
Interesting. By the way, I wasn't trying to contradict what you say, but more point out that NeXTSTEP was a great media OS. But yes, all those NeXTSTEP people didn't necessarily stay true to that cause. The lure of heaps of money thru iTunes is I guess too strong. .hc _______________________________________________ GEM-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/gem-dev
