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I think Apple is the guilty party of starting it first with OpenDoc based CyberDog released in 1996.
by scarface_74 1y ago
I think Apple is the guilty party of starting it first with OpenDoc based CyberDog released in 1996.
- kyralis 1y agoCan we really blame OpenDoc for anything, though? It seems more sad than impactful, honestly.
- robocat 1y agohttps://wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDoc https://wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDoc Interesting because everybody was competing: but competing for a concept that is now largely obsolete because it failed? Some modern competition (e.g. AI) has a similar feel.
- sokoloff 1y agoOpenDoc did at least provide part of the question’s premise for one of my favorite Steve Jobs answers: https://youtu.be/oeqPrUmVz-o?si=1n-rkSke_ezLcidn https://youtu.be/oeqPrUmVz-o?si=1n-rkSke_ezLcidn
- scarface_74 1y agoI was on Usenet at the time and Apple also had a newsreader. There were post from Mac users with Mime encoded messages that everyone else hated.