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  Developer Notes from WWDC 2003
Subject:   The Masses
Date:   2003-06-24 11:28:39
From:   anonymous2
In your article you wrote


"To be honest, the masses don't have the capability to appreciate the elegance and depth of this platform."


I'm at a loss to fully express how shocked I am that such elitist crap could get posted on the site.


Not only is it utterly offensive but its short-sighted as well.


I hate to inform you of this but the "masses" that you're looking down your nose at are the primary market for computers and electronics and if, as a developer, you want to marginalise yourself then feel free but I'd rather have a more mass-market and larger audience.


And what the heck happened to "the computer for the rest of us"? Or is "the rest of us" now an elite group?
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  • The Masses
    2003-06-24 21:17:20  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

    The elegance and depth of the platform does detract from the platform's ease of use. If it were not for cost and Windows only applications, the Macintosh would be the platform best platform for the masses.

    It's sad to see such elistest crap on ora.con.
  • The Masses
    2003-06-24 16:10:32  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

    hmmm...i thought he meant the Mac masses. i think he's right about that, too...it's a given that the Wintel masses have no clue, but even the Mac masses don't have a clue as to how amazing the infrastructure of OSX is...and that's not a slight on Mac users. it's just that the masses are not programmers and developers. there's no need to take offense.
  • The Masses
    2003-06-24 14:21:52  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

    To say that Derrick was referring only to Win 95/98 users is apologist in the extreme. He was clearly speaking of end users in general. Nevertheless, I sense no elitism in his remarks as he was clearly under the influence of the Steve's R.D.F. Which is not to say that the statement "the Mac isn't a machine for the masses" is one that Apple corporate would endorse.
  • Derrick Story photo The Masses
    2003-06-24 12:47:38  Derrick Story | O'Reilly AuthorO'Reilly Blogger [Reply | View]

    Oh my gosh! You need to cut back on your coffee consumption.