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AppleScript Comes Alive (2/7/98)
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Hands up, who here uses AppleScript? Well, if you don't, you're missing out on one heck of a timesaver. And those of you that do, you might be interested in this Apple article on AppleScript's product manager, Sal Soghoian. It's mostly a fluff piece that alternately touts the wonderful things that Apple's system-wide scripting architecture makes possible every day, and paints Sal as a loveable goofball who's seen the light and spreads the gospel. But right at the end, Sal makes a cryptic comment about the future: "Watch what we do at Seybold, man. We're gonna blow those cats away with the new stuff we're doing for AppleScript."
New stuff? Could this be the long-rumored, long-awaited-for PowerPC-native version of AppleScript? Yes, AppleScript is wonderful in its flexibility and ease of use, but its speed leaves a little to be desired; a PPC-native version could breathe a whole new life into the architecture. Regardless of what it is, it's nice to hear that Apple plans to show something at the next Seybold, after their virtual no-show at the last one; skipping the biggest publishing show of the year hardly seems like a good strategy for a company trying to target the content creation market. This time, however, Steve Jobs is slated to deliver a keynote address on March 17th, the first day of the New York Expo, and we're expecting a big Apple presence.
Incidentally, your friendly neighborhood AtAT staff rises each morning, faces Cupertino, and kneels to the Gods of AppleScript, without whose blessing this show wouldn't be on the air.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 2/7/98 episode: February 7, 1998: Rumors of a Rhapsody mob-hit have concerned parties searching frantically for the next-generation OS. Meanwhile, Intel's none too pleased about how their Pentium II is slipping in the speed races, no matter how many dancing bunnymen they stick in front of it, and AppleScript may get its second wind at the next Seybold...
Other scenes from that episode: 429: Requiem for Rhapsody? (2/7/98) Can it be? After Copland got deep-sixed and Apple finally bought out NeXT, we all thought the future of the Mac OS was going to be based on the NEXTSTEP operating system. After all, Apple had paid $400 million of NeXT's technologies, and stated in a press release that "the integration of NEXTSTEP technology in future versions of Mac OS will result in a robust, next generation OS that provides customers and developers with a multimedia-rich and Internet-savvy platform."... 430: Think Fast. Real Fast. (2/7/98) The "Pentium II Snail" commercial seems to have kicked up a bit of a ruckus out here in Macland, as Apple watchers worldwide still recover from the shock of having seen "hard advertising" emerge from Cupertino...
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