Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uflorida!math.ufl.edu!shadrach.math.ufl.edu!bb From: bb@math.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: kanji---a nifty e.g. of object orientation Message-ID: Date: 10 Apr 91 06:12:04 GMT References: <1991Apr9.221623.25800@math.ucla.edu> Sender: news@math.ufl.edu Distribution: na Organization: University of Florida Department of Mathematics Lines: 29 In-Reply-To: barry@pico.math.ucla.edu's message of 9 Apr 91 22:16:23 GMT > "Even without a Kanji version of the NeXT computer, sales in Asia have > been healthy. Demand is expected to increase dramatically when the > Kanji version begins shipping by early third quarter, 1991, especially > because users with the beta version of NeXT's Kanji computer report > that it is the best implementation ever offered by any vendor. > NeXT's Kanji capabilities are built on a Kanji-English text object -- a > software object that is part of NeXTstep's object-oriented programming > environment. Because the text object is available automatically in > NeXTstep, any NeXTstep-based software application -- which includes > every major application available ffor the NeXT platform -- > automatically inherits Kanji capabilities and can be run on a Kanji > NeXT computer with no modifications. This feature alone is expected to > create incredible demand for the Kanji-based NeXT computers." I predict that this market will be the single greatest boon to NeXT sales. The Oriental market has been waiting a long time for a cheap way to process non-Roman text - and MS Windows with Kanji extentions isn't it. I expect that NeXT will sell a zillion of these machines to Japan, mainly. It gives me a warm feeling in my balance of trade. (Non-USA readers please excuse my provincialism!) -- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Bartholomew UUCP: ...gatech!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!bb University of Florida Internet: bb@math.ufl.edu