Editing Bedrock (framework) (section)

===Difficulties===
Throughout this period Apple was also working on [[OpenDoc]], positioning it as a unique document-centered technology that led to a better user experience than monolithic applications. Apple was particularly effective in "selling" the OpenDoc concept to end users and developers, and the obvious contradiction between working on Bedrock while claiming classic applications were outmoded led to infighting between the project teams within Apple.<ref name="Shaking, Changing, Looking For Bedrock"/>

Meanwhile, Symantec was having considerable problems of its own. Late in 1992, numerous members of the Bedrock team, including the head of development, left the company. This led to press accounts that the project was purportedly "stone cold".<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Robert |last=Cringely |author-link=Robert X. Cringely |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AzwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA98 |title=Norton Desktop for WFWFW; General Magic for World; Bedrock for No One |magazine=[[InfoWorld]] |date=January 11, 1993 |volume=15 |issue=2 |page=98}}</ref>

A developer preview was delivered in early 1993<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SYMANTEC+RELEASES+THE+BEDROCK+ARCHITECTURE+CD%3B+FIRST+LOOK+AT...-a013155175 "Symantec releases the Bedrock Architecture CD"], Symantec press release, May 12, 1993</ref> that includes several demo apps built using the system. These apps look nothing like either Mac or Windows programs, using custom UI widgets for many common tasks like Open File dialog boxes. The demo applications also seem buggy and lacking any visual polish, including spelling and grammar mistakes throughout. The developer preview was released with claims that the product would ship late in 1993, but that this coming release would not yet be of "code quality", and that a true final release could not be expected until some time in 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Neil |last=Ticktin |url=http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.09/09.07/WWDC93/index.html |title=WWDC '93 Report |magazine=[[MacTech]] |volume=9 |issue=7 |date=July 1993}}</ref>

By the end of 1993, with no further release in sight, rumors abounded of Apple's dissatisfaction with the project and especially with its lack of OpenDoc support. Even in public, Apple was questioning "how we can fit Bedrock into the OpenDoc environment".<ref>{{cite magazine |first1=Kelley |last1=Damore 
|first2=Tom |last2=Quinlan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9zoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 |title=Bedrock not as solid as Apple originally planned |magazine=[[InfoWorld]] |volume=15 |issue=49 |date=December 6, 1993 |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=James |last=Daly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WESBpiNtNTEC&pg=PA69 |title=Apple, Symantec rethink role Bedrock will play |magazine=[[Computerworld]] |volume=27 |issue=51 |date=December 20, 1993 |page=69}}</ref>

In late January 1994, [[Ike Nassi]], Vice President of the Development Products Group within AppleSoft, announced Apple's renewed commitment to use the 18-month-old Bedrock for all native and crossplatform development. He announced an expanded scope to "make Bedrock the tool of choice for OpenDoc part development"{{mdash}}though neither Apple nor Symantec would provide any details on how this would be done, and they didn't know whether the first Bedrock release would include OpenDoc functionality at all.<ref name="Shaking, Changing, Looking For Bedrock"/><ref name="Apple eases doubts"/> ''Computerworld'' reported that "most [developers] said they have not seen much progress on Bedrock", though it was being beta tested and a partial low-level component release was expected in the first half of 1994.<ref name="Apple eases doubts">{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Computerworld]] | page=22 | date=January 31, 1994 | volume=28 |issue=5 | title=Apple eases doubts, will build on Bedrock | first=James | last=Daly | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V2vIciLjnwQC&q=bedrock&pg=PA7 | access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref>