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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Cygwin.dll and win32 stuff - windowing portability
Date: 1997/03/24
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Larry said

<<There is some movement trying to make "recordability" a "checklist"
feature when purchasing Macintosh software.  If the typical customer
for your application domain has adopted this attitude they will not
be satisfied by less.>>

Sure I understand this, but realistically, it is going to be more and
more the case that the *only* way that applications will arrive on the
Mac is in some reasonably portable cross-platform form. We have all seen
the trend of developers being reluctant to invest much special effort
on the Mac, and that trend is pretty much bound to continue I fear!