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Was Joel around for OpenDoc and OLE?
People have been trying to make plug 'n play software components for a lonnnng time.
Good luck!
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same, old is new again. Next is in place activation, monikers
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What do you think went wrong that held the OpenDoc vision back?
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In the early 90s, there was a lot of hype about "component-based software" -- editing different parts of a document with different mini-editors.
Why didn't it catch on? 7 theories I've come across:
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well I've been an actor of this field, including the normalization processes, so I have an insider opinion. Starting by 'it didn't catch' seems excessive since we used it without knowing for years.
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