Re: IIGS and StyleWriter II

[Jim Murphy <murph@apple.com>]

In article <3Vwscc1w165w@shakala.com> Paul Creager, wily@shakala.com 
writes:
>irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) writes:
>
>> Remeber, even though it looks alarmingly like ACI itself popping up on
>> your screen, Matt, Dave, and Jim are people too, and they should be
>> treated as such.  Try it sometime...you might be amazed at the response.
>> -- 
>
>What did I say that didn't treat Matt like a person?  I know he does not 
>represent Apple in an official capacity here on the net.  He was talking 
>about why people outside of Apple haven't made a driver.  My question is 
>simple:  why doesn't Apple do it?  That's abusing him???

     Dude, chill. Like I said before, when we (the 3-guy engineering team)
did 6.0.1, we just didn't have the time or resources to do a brand-new
printer driver, let alone fix problems with the old driver. It amazes me
that people think that Apple has time to do everything you'd ever want to
use with your computer. All of the things people have been screaming about
lately, wishing we would do them, are as I like to say, excellent 3rd-
party opportunities. We're doing nothing to stop them from working on
such products.

     Frankly, if you want to see a driver done, you need to lobby
companies such as Seven Hills or Vitesse, because I think it's quite
obvious it's not coming from us. I don't know how much more clearer Matt
or I can make it, but I've written my last word on it.


Jim Murphy                 Dr. MacsBug                     murph@apple.com

Not speaking for Apple now, and I never have...