Thanks for the responses. It's always great to see an outpouring for Lighthouse.

Unfortunately, getting the Lighthouse apps back is not really an option. Reasons:

- It's very possible the code has disappeared beyond the ken of man. Sun didn't seem to care about it and the Lighthouse people left so it's unclear if anyone kept it somewhere safe.
- As noted by Terrence, a lot of the code was pre-Openstep. It would require some work. In addition, the Cocoa APIs have diverged a bit since then. Not as much an issue if the work was done when all this was fresh in people's minds but it's been almost 10 years.
- I've heard rumors that various parties (including Apple) have tried to negotiate for the code to no avail.

Fortunately, others have come in to fill the void.

Diagram: OmniGraffle (Omni Group)
Concurrence: Keynote (Apple) / OmniOutliner (Omni Group)
TaskMaster: OmniPlan (Omni Group)
Quantrix: no Cocoa equivalent but Pete Murray, one of the original authors, has re-written it from the ground up in Java (and it runs on OS X). Check it out at www.quantrix.com.

Of course, I think it's more than a coincidence that ex-Lighthouse people are involved with the above apps. In addition, the Omni guys had a close relationship with Lighthouse (OmniWeb on NEXTSTEP was sold by Lighthouse) and were considered kindred spirits. I even recall some Quake matches with Wil Shipley.

If you find that somehow the OS X versions above don't quite satisfy your itch, I recommend contacting the authors and letting them know what it is you want. The torch has been passed and a new foundation has been established. I think the best thing now is to build upon that.

Leo: Haven't read that before. Thanks for the link. Most of it seems to be after my time at Sun but from my perspective their angle on Swing is a bit off. It could just be the perspective of someone seeing it afterwards and from the outside who was fed different info from different people at Sun.