[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Alan Dorman) wrote on 17.04.96 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kai Henningsen writes: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David L. Johnson) wrote on 16.04.96 in > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Apple's approach was similar, and I > >> understand that in order to write for the Mac you have to conform to > >> their interface standards. But, I would not consider that a role model > >> to emulate. > >"You had to", in this context, means that you would be scolded, nothing > >more. > > I believe it was more than that---Apple would not extend certain sorts > of support to programs that did not conform, would not allow creators > of non-conforming apps to participate in certain deals. Maybe, but I never heard of any particular such things, so I wonder. And it certainly never stopped a certain, well-known software house from ignoring every rule they wanted to, with predictably abysmal results. > This was back in th edays when Apple did developer support worth a > damn, of course. Well, their developer support seems _far_ above average today. I certainly currently know of nobody else that can match, for example, their excellent documentation. That's something I wouldn't mind seeing, for example, on Linux. Yes, I do understand that most people don't like writing documentation - me too. MfG Kai
