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From: cleland@sdbio2.ucsd.edu (Thomas Cleland)
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Subject: Re: Commodore at FCC
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Date: 29 Sep 90 07:19:58 GMT
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The under-$3000 ed prices for the new NeXT sound great, but what
are you actually getting?  A lot of good hardware, but also
perhaps the only prominent UNIX platform joining neither of the
two new standards  (V.4 or OSF).  Unless Mach/NeXTStep get a
level
of support near that of V.4 or OSF  (heirs to BSD, System V,
SunOS, Xenix, etc...)  then you're missing out on the best
element
of the new UNIX--interplatform compatibility.  Bummer.  

Ideally, NeXT will start a UNIX price war, bringing 3000UXs down
to a similar price range.  Then we can keep our beloved Amigas
and
add the professional applications of System V.4 UNIX at speeds
exceeding that of the NeXTs and the current generation of
SPARCstations  (presuming an '040 drives Amiga UNIX).  

Too much to hope for?

THom