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From: wjs@milton.u.washington.edu (William Jon Shipley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: What we need to do REAL NeXT applications... (was: Re: NeXT/GNU license agreement w.r.t. Objective-C)
Message-ID: <13183@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 18 Dec 90 02:10:51 GMT
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Yes, it'd be really keen if NeXT released the Obj-C library.

However, it isn't NeXT's to release.  It's Stepstone's, and NeXT is licensing
it.  Probably it's modified beyond recognition by now, but since NeXT has
the original code, they can't exactly give their new code away.

NeXT would love* to see someone port the Obj-C library to another machine.  So
would I.  Heck, I've also got an IBM 3090 here that I'd like to see running
NeXTStep (no one at NeXT has said this isn't possible, since we ARE running
A/IX).  Wouldn't it be keen to run Frame -NXHosted from a 3090?

-william shipley

*: source: William Parkhurst at the BaNG meeting this summer.  (What an awesome
meeting, BTW.  Eric really new how to throw a party.)