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Kenneth Chang writes:
>Oh please, let's do stick to reality.  Apple originally said that it was
>aiming for a summer 1990 release.  It wasn't a firm date, more to inform
>developers what features were being planned so that they could make the
>appropriate modifications to their software.  So if the current goal of
>summer 1991 is realistic, then the project will be one year "late", not 2
>1/2 as you imply.

Yes, let's stick to reality.  John Sculley stated on Compuserve last week 
that there is no unofficial or official release date for System 7.0. This may
very well signal that even the Summer 1991 speculation has no basis in fact.
The summer 1990 release that you talk about, I heard, was actually the
revisement of an earlier estimate of late 1989.  Thus, in the Summer of 1991,
System 7.0 may well be over 1.5 years late.  

The funny thing is, System 7.0 will not be functional or as nice-looking as 
the NeXT's already shipped OS.  Apple is really dragging its anchor in 
this puddle.