Editing Bedrock (framework) (section)

===Concept===
The first mention of a collaboration between Apple and Symantec was contained in the flier for [[Apple Worldwide Developers Conference|WWDC '92]]. The companies talked about it very briefly at the show, calling it  "Cross Platform Framework" and mentioning that more would be revealed at the PC Expo show in June.<ref name="MacApp is Bedrock is MacApp"/> This was greeted with considerable interest in the press.<ref>{{cite magazine| first=Gary |last=Ray |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Uw3oTahRcwC&pg=PA8 |title=Symantec, Apple team on tools |magazine=[[Computerworld]] |date=May 17, 1993 |page=8 |volume=27 |issue=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Mary Kathleen |last=Flynn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gasgHhfj-RAC&pg=PA33 |title=Tools for Windows-Mac Development |magazine=[[PC Magazine]] |date=September 15, 1992 |volume=11 |issue=15 |page=33}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| first=Paul |last=Karon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75 |title=Cross-platform tools appeal to developers |magazine=InfoWorld |date=August 17, 1992 |volume=13 |issue=33 |pages=S74–S75}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author-link=Stewart Alsop |first=Stewart |last=Alsop |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=blEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4 |title=Apple sheds isolationist image with Bedrock environment |magazine=[[InfoWorld]] |date=June 29, 1992 |volume=14 |issue=26 |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Tom |last=Quinlan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=blEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6 |title=Apple, Symantec to do cross-development environment |magazine=[[InfoWorld]] |date=June 29, 1992 |volume=14 |issue=26 |page=6}}</ref>

At the MacWorld show they announced the concept{{mdash}}not yet a real product{{mdash}}as Bedrock. Bedrock would first be released on the Mac and Windows, with plans to expand it in the future to support [[Unix]], [[OS/2]], [[Windows NT]], and Pink—the OS originated at Apple and now developed at [[Taligent]]. It was expected to become "the most direct path for migration" from System 7 to Pink.<ref name="MacApp is Bedrock is MacApp"/><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/APPLE,+SYMANTEC+ANNOUNCE+PLAN+TO+HELP+SPEED+SOFTWARE+APPLICATIONS...-a012356085 |title=Apple, Symantec announce plans to speed cross-platform software development| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316100907/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/APPLE,+SYMANTEC+ANNOUNCE+PLAN+TO+HELP+SPEED+SOFTWARE+APPLICATIONS...-a012356085| archive-date=16 March 2016 |date=June 23, 1992 |agency=PRNewswire |via=The Free Library}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| magazine=[[Byte (magazine)|BYTE]] |url=https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1992-09/page/n39/mode/1up |title=Symantec and Apple announce Cross-Platform Development Tool |first=Larry |last=Loeb |page=34 |date=September 1992 |volume=17 |issue=9}}</ref> Allowing a single application source code base to target all of these platforms, Bedrock was intended to become the total successor to MacApp. Seven MacApp engineers at Apple were adding MacApp 3.0 technology and functionality. Even though Bedrock did not yet exist as a product, MacApp was officially deprecated with a maintenance release of 3.0.1, unless Bedrock's schedule would eventually slip.<ref name="MacApp is Bedrock is MacApp"/>

Bedrock development was intended to be supported on Macintosh by Apple with an MPW replacement, and as an updated Think C from Symantec. Windows development was intended to happen via Symantec's ([[Zortech]]) C++ on Windows. Although not officially supported, the system would be deliberately written to be able to work with any C++ compiler.<ref name="MacApp is Bedrock is MacApp"/>

Although Bedrock was a joint project, development was being carried out entirely by Symantec because its credible expertise in Windows development was essential to Apple's commitment to a more open system.<ref name="MacApp is Bedrock is MacApp"/> Developers started commenting about the dangerous position this placed Apple in, leaving their future development platform in the control of a third party. Furthermore, Symantec's CEO had apparently given up on the Mac platform, and had publicly announced that Windows was the future of the company.