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From: madler@piglet.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Rumor problems...
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Date: 20 Aug 90 16:09:36 GMT
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>> we can now safely assume that it will be out earlier than we have been led
>> to believe by NeXT.

No.  You can assume no such thing.  Having a working machine and manufacturing
the same are two completely different things.  Even having the line set up to
manufacture tells you nothing about when a product will be out, since it may
be dependent on a crucial part that will not be available in quantity for some
time (like a 68040 or 96002).

>> Second, you mentioned a September ship date of NextStep v2.0 (*NOT*
>> NeXTStep) - as far as I know, a month was never offically mentioned by NeXT.

NeXT said that 2.0 would ship with the 68040 upgrade boards, and that the
upgrade boards should come out the beginning of the fourth quarter.  Whether
this actually happens, I have no idea, but NeXT did announce that officially.

I don't think this guy gave away the store, or even part of it.

I've seen the keyboardless/mousless 1' pink sphere NeXT running, and it's
very irresponsible of you to leak that information.

Mark Adler
madler@piglet.caltech.edu