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From: rlp@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Bob Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Will the Next sell?
Summary: neat idea
Keywords: backup software exchange
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Date: 7 Dec 89 01:43:52 GMT
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In article <1753@unccvax.UUCP> cbenda@unccvax.UUCP (carl m benda) writes:

>How to distribute software.... hmmm that's simple just doit the
>same way that PC software is distributed, namely on 3.5 inch 
>PC diskettes readable by any PC 

[ put an Ethernet card in a PC or on a Mac ]

>So, just distribute the NeXT programs on PC or Mac disks, then
>use ether net to copyit to your NeXT machine, whats the problem?
>
>/Carl
>cbenda@unccvax.uncc.edu


I kind of like that idea.  It's one I hadn't thought of.  Avoids
the problem of putting more stuff onto the cube itself (e.g., a
floppy drive that's used only for loading software into the cube),
and allows use of existing hardware.  Wow...actually an elegant way
to solve the problem.

Bob