Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!emory!gatech!mcnc!rti!mozart!massengi From: massengi@unx.sas.com (Darrell Massengill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k Subject: Re: 88k Macintoshes? / New 88k family member Message-ID: <1990Nov07.132407.29058@unx.sas.com> Date: 7 Nov 90 13:24:07 GMT References: <42311@mips.mips.COM> Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Lines: 28 In article twl@cs.brown.edu (Ted "Theodore" W. Leung) writes: >>>>>> On 23 Oct 90 11:01:20 GMT, tom@ssd.csd.harris.com (Tom Horsley) said: > >> To my mind, the real question is: "Will the 88k based Apple product (if it >> ever arrives) be 88open compliant?". I am not making any accusations (yet > >I don't know a lot about the 88open standards, but it seems to me that >Apple is going to do something besides running UNIX, in which case >88open won't make much difference... >-- >-------------------------------------------------------------------- You never can tell about Apple, but... in UNIX Today (Nov. 5, Page 6) there is an article about Apple's booth at Comdex. The article indicates a push of Apple's A/UX (Apple's UNIX). ..."Apple will be showing all its A/UX products...". "Highlighted among the A/UX-running Macs will be the new Macintosh IIsi..." SO, you never can tell. Disclaimer: Opinions are mine, mine, mine... -- Darrell Massengill Manager of Host Development SAS Institute Inc. massengi@unx.sas.com (919) 677-8000 x7658 SAS Campus Dr, Cary, NC