Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!alhena.usc.edu!ajayshah From: ajayshah@alhena.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Info kindof peripheral to RISC rumors Message-ID: <30907@usc> Date: 9 Mar 91 21:29:17 GMT References: <18424@cs.utexas.edu> Sender: news@usc Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: alhena.usc.edu I just saw an announcement that Tandon has decided to do SPARC clones. The list of PC-related companies who've decided to do SPARC which I know of is now : CompuAdd, DTK, Tandon. Seriously: SunOS now comes with ~ 2.5k applications. Life would be easier for NeXT if they do SPARC and offer seamless of Sun applications. That way, the end user gets to use the pretty frontend with NeXT-native applications and not be limited by the lack of software. To many professionals, there are certain applications which make-or-break a machine. For me, e.g., a decent stat package is a total necessity (SAS doesn't qualify). I really love the NeXT with the CS part of my mind, but one needs to pay the bills. Running SPARC-Stata would make my migration to NeXT a lot easier. -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Ajay Shah, (213)734-3930, ajayshah@usc.edu The more things change, the more they stay insane. _______________________________________________________________________________