"but I can count the total number of software engineering advances they’ve made on one hand."
I was just thinking the other day about the number of software engineering advances they've made that I wish would fan out:
- Hypercard
- Dylan
- MPW Shell (thank god for BBEdit)
- Newton OS and its soups
- Interface Builder (as opposed to code-generating IBs)
- WebObjects (especially the tools)
Sure, that's barely more than a single hand (and is less if you rule out NeXT things), but really, how many software engineering inventions do you want from a single firm?
I was just thinking the other day about the number of software engineering advances they've made that I wish would fan out:
- Hypercard
- Dylan
- MPW Shell (thank god for BBEdit)
- Newton OS and its soups
- Interface Builder (as opposed to code-generating IBs)
- WebObjects (especially the tools)
Sure, that's barely more than a single hand (and is less if you rule out NeXT things), but really, how many software engineering inventions do you want from a single firm?