Copland/Gershwin vs. NeXT

Etcetera writes "David K. Every (of MacKiDo fame) has written an interesting article at iGeek about Copland vs. NeXT and the decisions that Apple made back in '95-96. Although most agree that bringing Steve Jobs back was a Good Thing, a lot of cool Apple-invented technologies got left by the wayside without a fair shot at proving themselves once NeXT came in. Was it always the right call? Functions as a cautionary tale about management vs. engineering as well."

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Re:OT: choice of words

[dke]

ust out of curiosity: is there any reason why every now and then, slashdot posters obviously insult people merely because they have a different opinion?

It is called immaturity. I used to do that to in the late 70's, when I was a teen and first on-line, and raging at all the world (especially authority). Sad, because they actually damage the minor points they might have in there... Of course there are actually many reasons. BitGeek has some personal thing going because I answered some of his questions once, and then disagreed later (and demonstrated his mistakes in reasoning). Now he just just tries to add libel and slander to his list of other issues.