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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release
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Date: 16 Apr 91 23:43:33 GMT
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In article <1991Apr16.012744.21996@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:


   Hey, DP is a great idea... but why did NeXT split the market by inventing it
   over again from scratch instead of adapting and polishing NeWS?

They would have to pay royalties to Sun, a competitor?

It would look bad using a News since it was already beaten by X.


I'm sure that you could probably think of a few more.


-Mike