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From: davef@jessica.stanford.edu (David Finkelstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT on Campus Conspiracy
Message-ID: <1990May25.235826.17488@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 25 May 90 23:58:26 GMT
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In article <1976@shelby.Stanford.EDU> Christopher Lane <lane@sumex-aim.stanford.edu> writes:
>Am I being paranoid or does anyone else find it suspicious that 10 of the 11
>screen images in the new 'NeXT on Campus' publication, despite supposedly
>displaying work from universities all around the country, have the same dock
>including a Preferences window with the exact same time in it?
>
>Who's hiding what, and why?
>
>Maybe my paranoia stems from the fact that the campus profile of Stanford
>University left out our NeXT cluster in the Knowledge Systems Laboratory :-(

I think you're being paranoid.

My guess is that all the apps were assembled on one NeXT so that they
could have their screen shots taken at the same time.  (If you look
carefully, you'll see that the relevent apps on the Dock have been
launched.)  There are some time/date/dock differences since some shots
probably had to be redone.

The descriptions of the Stanford project are pretty much correct, to
my knowledge (I currently maintain the Searcher code for the NeXT, and
I've had occasion to speak to the SLAC and CCARMA folks).

Since you're at Stanford, why don't you contact Jeff Wishnie directly
(bokonon@portia.stanford.edu) and ask him?

David Finkelstein
Academic Information Resources
Stanford University
davef@jessica.stanford.edu
davef@penultimate.stanford.edu (NeXT mail can go here)
415-723-5385