> Despite Apple's efforts to seed the technology, OpenDoc didn't get a lot of traction with developers and arguably even less with users, who didn't understand what it was good for.<p>I remember feeling exactly like that back then. I was enthusiastic about the "new thing" but whenever I tried installing and using it, I could never achieve anything.<p>I'm a little bit relieved now, because even after reading this well-written article, I <i>still</i> don't understand what it was supposed to do, what problem it was supposed to solve, and how it was supposed to be used.<p>I guess what it really needed was an initial bundle/collection of actually useful examples showing how to tap its potential, because I remember the technology <i>sounding</i> interesting at least.