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I don't understand the Taligent reference. Taligent happened while Jobs was out of Apple -- it was a competitor to NeXT back when everything was about "object-o
by lobster_johnson 10y ago
I don't understand the Taligent reference. Taligent happened while Jobs was out of Apple -- it was a competitor to NeXT back when everything was about "object-oriented desktops", and Jobs didn't like them, much like he didn't like OpenDoc, for pretty good technical reasons. It's not surprising that Taligent went nowhere, same as OpenDoc.
- protomyth 10y agoI was comparing NeXTSTEP with one of its contemporaries to show how innovative and polished it was. Taligent was supposed to be the standard and it was a true pain in the butt to program. Apple and HP bailed in 1995. I did like the concept of People, Places, and Things. It is a shame that little pieces of a good idea can be lost because of the overall failure.
- lobster_johnson 10y agoThanks, that makes sense — it sounded to me like you were saying Taligent was an example of a NeXT library.