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From: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: why X? what am I missing?
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Date: 14 Jan 91 04:35:24 GMT
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Reply-To: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
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/ comp.sys.next / glang@Autodesk.COM (Gary Lang) / Jan 13, 1991 /
> Great. "Now available at BusinessLand. magic, the VLSI tools for your
> small or large business."
>
> Repeat after me, "NeXT will potentially lose the sale of 5 computers
> if it doesn't get aboard the X bandwagon". That was easy wasn't it?

I wish it were so.

My father is considering buying a computer to run AutoCAD on.  There are
more than 5 people in the world using AutoCAD, as you may know.  I don't
know which window system Autodesk used on the Suns--is it X?  If it isn't,
and if they are considering another platform, I bet it will be something
X-based.  I asked around about a NeXT port, and unless things at Autodesk
have changed very recently, the answer is "Want it on a workstation?  Buy a
Sun."

Jacob
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