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To: Michael Feldstein who wrote (13419)	5/11/1998 6:45:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

But Mike they held a Rhapsody "boot camp" at this WWDC From AAPL's WWDC page: " Up to Speed on Rhapsody? For those of you who missed WWDC '97 and want to ramp up on the basics of Rhapsody and Yellow Box technology, Apple is hosting the Yellow Box Boot Camp. This 2.5 hour session will be held on Sunday, May 10 begining at 2:00 pm. During this session we will give you basic literacy in the concepts of Objective-C, Java, the Yellow Box, and Rhapsody so you are prepared to jump right into the Rhapsody and Yellow Box sessions at WWDC '98 without missing a step. " There is something cooking with Rhapsody -- $400 million for 1 release then back to a MacOS ? It doesn't add up . I understand your concept of Jobs playing to the audience , but here the attendees at this WWDC didn't clap ! Jim K. -

To: Michael Feldstein who wrote (13419)	5/11/1998 6:59:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Mike wonder if Rhapsody is going Jobs' "FileMaker" way ? Jobs limited Rhapsody to 1 release as a server and this can't justify all the Rhapsody - Yellow Box sessions to be held at this WWDC . Here are some of the WWDC's Yellow Box sessions : Number Session Name Description 100 Mac OS in 1998 Learn about the next wave of advances in Mac OS. Upcoming technologies will provide great opportunities for your products. This session provides specific information about some of these technologies and is a lead-in for the Mac OS track. 101 Mac OS Toolbox Directions Hear about future directions of the Mac OS Toolbox as well as specific changes you can take advantage of immediately. This session also serves as a lead-in for the sessions: Becoming Fully Appearance Savvy and Using the new Mac OS Toolbox. 102 Using the New Mac OS Toolbox Learn how to really use the new Mac OS Toolbox. Get real world advice on how to implement the enriched API set. This detailed session will tell you what's new and what's changed in upcoming releases. 103 Becoming Fully Appearance Savvy Learn to leverage the Appearance APIs to take full advantage of new appearances, controls, and fonts. Less testing, coding, easier cross-platform development and more consistency for your users. Code-level examples, as well as tips and tricks will be provided. 104 Navigation Services Learn how to take advantage of this new, more flexible document access model for past, present, and future versions of Mac OS. Learn how it provides free document translation, more-flexible and extensible appearance-savvy dialogs, and gives your customers the benefit of the most current usability and productivity improvements. 105 The Future of Text on Mac OS Apple's text drawing technology for the future, Apple Type Services for Unicode Imaging (ATSUI), is a complete Unicode drawing solution. Learn how this API supports virtually all the world's languages as well as advanced typographic, line layout, and international features. This is a cornerstone Mac OS technology! 106 Apple's Font Strategy Learn how Apple's font technologies will keep Mac OS the platform of choice for design and publishing. Learn about our solution to the vexing font matching problem and about our open font architecture which extends your investment in Type 1, TrueType, GX, and other important font formats. 107 Automated Test Tools Learn how to increase your productivity and product quality with Apple's automation tools. This session will give you an overview of Virtual User (VU), Mac API Test Tool (MATT), and Integrated Test Environment (ITE). 108 ColorSync All developers can benefit from this system service to provide high fidelity color in print, CD, web authoring, video, and other media. Hear how to take advantage of new features such as code segments and guidelines, get implementation tips, shortcuts, strategies for color correction on the net, and a path to ColorSync for Windows. 109 What's New with AppleScript for Developers Chris Espinosa will cover the native AppleScript engine, how to write native scripting additions and coercion handlers, as well as reviewing two proposed new suites for developers of networking and Internet-based applications, and discuss the protocol for adding units of measurement to your scriptable applications. 110 What's New with AppleScript for Scripters Learn to use the new AppleScript scripting features and components including Finder, Data Detectors, ColorSync, Networking, and more in upcoming releases of Mac OS. 111 Optimizing Applications for Maximum Performance Mac OS applications can fully exploit the incredible power of the PowerPC G3 using simple optimization techniques that will be shared at this session. 113 Displaying Icons with IconServices Learn how to use this new system service to consistently and efficiently display icons for any objects of the system. Code-level examples, as well as tips and tricks will be provided. 117 Rhapsody and Yellow Box in 1998 1998 will be a year of great achievement for Rhapsody as a server platform and as a Yellow Box development platform approaching the first customer release. Rhapsody also contains important keys to the future of Mac OS. This session will detail the direction that Rhapsody and the Yellow Box will take this year. 118 Yellow Box: AppKit in Depth At the core of the Yellow Box is the AppKit. In this session you will get an indepth look at this application, as well as an update on the changes made to the AppKit in the last year. 119 Yellow Box: Data Access with Enterprise Objects Framework The Yellow Box provides Enterprise Objects Framework (EOF) - a standard API for accessing databases. In this session you will learn the services provided by EOF and how to use them to provide seamless database access in your applications 120 Yellow Box: Easily Create ScriptableSoftware Scriptability is a key feature sought by users and developers. In this session we will show you how we have built scriptability into the Yellow Box, so that you can easily create scriptable software. 121 Yellow Box: Developing for Windows In this session you will get a demonstration of ease with which you can develop Windows applications using the Yellow Box. In addition, you will get pointers on how best to develop a Windows application using the Yellow Box. 122 Yellow Box: The Foundation Kit in Depth The Foundation Kit provides the objects that allow you to insulate yourself from the underlying operating system. In this session you will get an in-depth look at this "standard C lib on steroids" and how to use it to take advantage of advanced operating system services without worrying about the underlying operating system. 123 Yellow Box: Development Tools Apple, Metrowerks and other developers are providing developer tools for Yellow Box and Rhapsody development. In this session you will get the low-down on what is available and what is planned in Yellow Box tools. 125 Java at Apple Both Mac OS and the Yellow Box are Java Compatible platforms supporting 100% Pure Java applications. In addition, the Yellow Box is accessible from Java. In this session you will hear the current status of Java at Apple, as well as Apple's plans for Java support in the future. 126 QuickTime for Java QuickTime for Java and Yellow Box? Yes! Come hear about how Apple has opened the world of QuickTIme up to both Java and Yellow Box developers. In this session you will learn about QuickTime for Java and how to use it to bring QuickTime to your Java and Yellow Box software. 127 Inside Mac OS Runtime for Java Get the inside scoop on Mac OS Runtime for Java and how it is implemented direct from the engineers. In addition, they will show you how to make your Java application as 'Mac-like' as possible using Apple's JDirect and tools like JBindery. If you are doing Java on the Mac, this is a session that you can't miss. 128 Yellow in Java The Yellow Box is the most advanced Java framework on any platform. In this session, learn how to program Yellow in Java and how Apple has optimized the Yellow Box to meet the needs of Java programmers. 129 Blue Box: An Overview and Status Then it goes on into sessions on Rhapsody's Blue Box . Jobs has a plan for Rhapsody well beyond CR 1 ! Jim K. devworld.apple.com