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From: schweige@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil (jeffrey schweiger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Sorry Guys, There is NO WAY!
Keywords: AMIGA 3000 vs NEXT
Message-ID: <1765@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil>
Date: 9 Dec 90 01:17:05 GMT
References: <22055@well.sf.ca.us>
Reply-To: schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil (jeffrey schweiger)
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA
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In article <22055@well.sf.ca.us> yoo@well.sf.ca.us (Young-Kyu Yoo) writes:
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>Mach, with its 4.3BSD compatibility, is Posix-compliant.  As for federal
>procurement, there is talk that NASA has bought 5000 of the new NeXTs.
>InfoWorld, I think it was, reports the CIA is interested in the NeXTs because
>of its DSP chip.  NeXT is going heavily into the government market.

I can't verify the above.  Has 4.3BSD been evaluated as POSIX-compliant?
It predates the POSIX standard.  But, it should also be noted that 4.3BSD
is one of the building blocks of SVR4.  Regarding the government buys noted
above, I'm curious as to further details.  I don't recall seeing mention of
such an award in Federal Computer Week.  Also with respect to government
buys, a contract was recently awarded for about $500K worth of workstations
for the CS department here, NeXT didn't submit a bid.

Regarding NeXT corporate stability remarked upon in another post, is NeXT
publicly traded, and if so, under what symbol?  I couldn't find a listing for
NeXT in S&P Online.

In any event, I think we can agree that both the Amiga and NeXT lines include
capable machines, which, in general are directed at _different_ market
niches.  How about a truce?


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