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From: philip@Kermit.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
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Subject: Re: What NeXT *should* do next.
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Date: 26 Mar 90 00:40:23 GMT
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In article <260d50a2.19ff@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>,
mdeale@mira.acs.calpoly.edu (Myron Deale) writes:

>    Yes, software is important. Thus I'm swayed to think NeXT should
> stick it out with the 68000 series, i.e. upgrade to the 68040, etc.
> That "RISC stuff" goes like the blazes, very desirable for my computing
> style, but what DTP type person needs a 50 Mips word processor?
> 
Well, how about a WYSIWYG program with all the capabilities of TeX, including
a command view, in which you could edit TeX, with instantaneous updating of
the WYSIWYG view? Sort of integrating TeX preview with Framemaker, without
giving up the programmability of TeX. Would 50 mips be enough?

Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu