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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
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Subject: Re: NeXT & Interface Builders
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Date: 14 Oct 90 02:02:14 GMT
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In article <8036@gollum.twg.com> david@twg.com (David S. Herron) writes:
>NeXT has another Big Problem which will limit software for it -- it
>doesn't run X.  X is a very powerful force in the market right now,
>especially on workstation-y like things.  It may have some technical
>problems, and it may not be the "best way to do user interfaces"
>(whatever that means), but it's a very useful system -- especially
>since it runs across networks & all.  Heck, X even beat out Sun
>with their Sun{tools,view} stuff that they've now adopted X and
>given it a place in the environment ..

You don't get X when you buy a NeXT, but the current version (X11R4)
has been ported and is available for ftp. (Dunno why I'm telling you
this, I don't like X *or* NeXTs... Stickler for correctness? Dunno. }-)
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