Remote Apple Events were super useful back in the classic Mac days - it used it for instance to dial up or hang up the 56k modem on the Mac that was acting as o

Remote Apple Events were super useful back in the classic Mac days - it used it for instance to dial up or hang up the 56k modem on the Mac that was acting as our router. It also made it super easy to write networked games in HyperCard. I guess it lives on since enough people have some vital QuarkXPress workflow they can't abandon...