Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!news.bbs-scene.org!macgui.com!dog_cow From: dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Why more people don't develop for the GS, wasRe: Developers! Developers! Developers! Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:56:29 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: gunshin.wiredns.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.bbs-scene.org 1318892189 9991 74.119.145.48 (17 Oct 2011 22:56:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@bbs-scene.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:56:29 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mac GUI City Usenet Posting Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.apple2:3073 Here's my opinion on it, and I'll keep it short: look at the 8-bit Apple: we've got free documentation (either PDF, or the zillions of physical ref mans out there) plus free compilers. Now look at the IIgs: there is some technical documentation out there (how many GS technical manuals do I own: zero), but you still have to buy most of it. You need a bookshelf just to use the toolbox and everything else properly. Most of the compilers and other tools are still commercial. -- ]DF$ Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and Macintosh computing. http://macgui.com/vault/