Obit from comp.sys.mac.programmer.codewarrior- Well, here it is, March 31st, 2006, closing in on midnight Eastern Standard Time. The CodeWarrior/Mac web page is still up: http://www.metrowerks.com/MW/Develop/Desktop/Mac10.htm .
I imagine it will likely remain up through the weekend, but presumably will become dismantled sometime next week when someone at Freescale finally gets around to it. Well, it was an incredible 12 year run. Metrowerks, once a niche education market vendor, sprung into life with excitement in January 1994 with CodeWarrior DR/1, the first viable PowerPC compiler. (I was actually fortunate enough to have been a beta tester in late '93 before the name "CodeWarrior" became attached to the compiler.) With Apple and Symantec falling on their faces, Metrowerks essentially saved the day. CodeWarrior owes its birth to Apple's move to the PowerPC; how ironic that its death be associated with Apple's move away from the PowerPC. Freescale is now debranding the "Metrowerks" name, and CodeWarrior now lives on supporting a handful of niche imbedded systems and the like. No longer supporting the Mac, Windows or Java, CodeWarrior is a mere shadow of its former self, lacking its true soul. They were a glorious 12 years, essentially representing little more than half of the life of the Macintosh. Metrowerks was there for Mac developers transitioning to the PowerPC, its failed attempts at Copland and Rhapsody, and finally successfully moving to Mac OS X. The whole time, Metrowerks was there. A warm heartfelt thanks to all the contributors at Metrowerks over the years (most of whom who have moved on elsewhere). To the current Freescale management (or mismanagement): here's a finger for you. Jonathan Hoyle -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
