Component software

Issue 261: The history of OpenDoc and its relevant concepts today

To see the future of software, go back to the 1990s. The vision and ambition were there, but the timing and technology were not. In "Jodorowsky's Product Roadmap," I covered General Magic's fate of being ahead of its time when the market wasn’t ready. OpenDoc is another example of an ambitious vision being too early. The value prop was component software