Worldwide Developers Conference 1996

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Worldwide Developers Conference 1996 (or WWDC 1996) was a computer conference that was hosted by Apple Computer for its developers at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California. It was Apple's 7th annual Worldwide Developers Conference, held from May 13 to 17, 1996.
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==Product announcements==
The primary emphasis at WWDC 1996 was a new software component technology called OpenDoc, which allowed end users to compile an application from components offering features they desired most. The OpenDoc consortium included Adobe, Lotus, others, and Apple. Apple touted OpenDoc as the future foundation for application structure under Mac OS. As proof of concept, Apple demonstrated and released a new end-user product called Cyberdog, a comprehensive Internet application component suite offering users an integrated browser, email, FTP, telnet, finger and other services built fully of user-exchangeable OpenDoc components.WWDC Ware by Geoff Duncan, TidBITS. 1996-05-13. ClarisWorks (later renamed AppleWorks), a principal product in Apple's wholly owned subsidiary Claris, was demonstrated as an example of a pre-OpenDoc component architecture application modified to be able to contain functional OpenDoc .
Other introductions included the first developer release of MkLinux, given away on CD-ROM to attendees of the Linux session,Apple Announces Developer Release of MkLinux, Linux for Power Macintosh by Apple Computer, Tech Insider. 1996-05-17., previews of QuickTime VR 1.1,New QuickTime VR 1.0 Tools Made Available as Apple Plans Next Quick- Time VR Release (PDF), AppleDirections p.13-14. 1996-06. and coverage of the Pippin platform.1996: “Apple revival starts here” by Riccardo Mori, System Folder: The Platinum Days. 2010-06-24.
==Gallery==
Pippin Overview 1st half (WWDC96)
Pippin Overview 2nd half (WWDC96)
Pippin Under the Hood Final (WWDC96)
==References==
==External links==
*WWDC (1996) Site Services at Carlson Companies (1996-05-09, archived 1997-04-14)
**WWDC (1996) Special Events (1996-05-14, archived 1997-06-24)
*WWDC 1996: An Overview of the Apple WWDC at Tech Insider (mirrored 1996-05-06)
*Found Footage: Apple introduces Cocoa at the 1996 WWDC by Steve Sande at Engadget (2011-08-03)
* at Wikipedia