”We haven’t had an application creation tool like this since HyperCard. I think we’re going to see lots and lots of good experiments.”
”a collaborative document editor that combines a word processor and a spreadsheet”
I get the impression this is more like another attempt to do what Opendoc, the various ‘Works’ products of the ‘90s, OLE, Ashton-Tate’s Framework, etc. promised than a spreadsheet.
Question then is what would make this succeed at doing that where those products failed. That many people think they want something like it isn’t enough. Has the time for this kind of product come, is ‘collaborative’ the killer feature, or what?
”a collaborative document editor that combines a word processor and a spreadsheet”
I get the impression this is more like another attempt to do what Opendoc, the various ‘Works’ products of the ‘90s, OLE, Ashton-Tate’s Framework, etc. promised than a spreadsheet.
Question then is what would make this succeed at doing that where those products failed. That many people think they want something like it isn’t enough. Has the time for this kind of product come, is ‘collaborative’ the killer feature, or what?