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From: mikel@Apple.COM (Mikel Evins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Desktop publishing
Message-ID: <50945@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 91 07:12:20 GMT
References: <16775@chopin.udel.edu> <1991Mar27.052556.9495@vpnet.chi.il.us> <1991Mar29.065913.22766@news.arc.nasa.gov>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1991Mar29.065913.22766@news.arc.nasa.gov> ogawa@orion.arc.nasa.gov (Arthur Ogawa) writes:
>But--and here's a challenge for Mikel's company--the lack of 
>preemptive multitasking and user-mode operation in the Mac, coupled
>with RAM memory limitations and lask of a Unix-like scripting language
>after so many years has convinced me that Apple just hasn't the
>committment to provide the power tools to the power users.
>And that's got to be OK, really. My response is not to jump
>ship, just not to buy my whole fleet from the same company.

I imagine that Apple will try to respond to these weaknesses.
People who buy computers will vote on our attempts with
their wallets, and we'll see.

In the meantime, I write my code during the day on a Mac,
and at night at home on a NeXT. Anybody need a free
Scheme interpreter with a NeXT front end? A usable version
is almost ready now...