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From: jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: The Fate of the Macintosh
Message-ID: <1991Mar23.190432.5683@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 23 Mar 91 19:04:32 GMT
References: <1991Mar22.154811.8691@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu>
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In article <1991Mar22.154811.8691@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu>, rdeal@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu (Butch Deal) writes:
> 
> Granted I like the NeXT but only as a unix machine.  I would wait for the 
> faster 68040 chips.  The NeXT is using the first rlease of the 68040 running
> at its slowest speed 25MHZ; it can go up to 80MHZ giving over 50 MIPS.  The
> NeXT is not the kind of machine that most people whant.  It has very limited 
> software and is only supported by a few software developers.

Well, while you complainabout NeXT husing the slowest 68040s I should
point out that Apple are still using the 68030's...

How do you know what most people want? (NOTE: It is not fair to compare
NeXTs to MAC LCs - comparing to IIfx is more reasonable.)

Considering the age of NeXT it has quite reasonable software base. And
it is supported by many _major_ software developers, as well. I, for
one, can get just about anything I want on NeXT, except a MIDI sequencer
(but that is going to change soon, too). I admit that MAC users have
much more choice on software but the far and few programs on NeXT tend
to be the state of the art (like Improv, Mathematica, FrameMaker,
Allegro CL, etc.).

> 
> I love UNIX but if you don't like DOS you would !@$#^%* if you had to use
> UNIX and NeXT is a UNIX machine.  Granted that the NeXT has a mac like 
> interface on the UNIX but to do anything more than basic stuff you would
> have to get your feet mudy in UNIX.

Where is this "knowledge" from? Ever programmed a NeXT? All the basic
functions a programmer needs are implemented in ApplicationKit and
MusicKit. They are ready to use with Objective C. I am pretty sure that
a NeXT is far more easy to program than a MAC. Oh, and there is the
Interface Builder, too. The Unix just provides multi-tasking, virtual
memory and other goodies. If you _want_ to use the Unix tools they are
always there, but there is no need to use them in normal programming -
they just add more functionality.
> 
> Butch Deal
> The Butcher
> rdeal@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu

			Jouni Alkio, Helsinki, Finland