Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!uflorida!math.ufl.edu!shadrach.math.ufl.edu!bb From: bb@math.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Who's Driving Out There, Anyway? (was 2.1 Update: Archive site) Message-ID: Date: 30 Apr 91 01:07:49 GMT References: <562@rosie.NeXT.COM> <1991Apr25.034409.13565@macc.wisc.edu> <1991Apr25.073231.10072@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Sender: news@math.ufl.edu Organization: University of Florida Department of Mathematics Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: madler@nntp-server.caltech.edu's message of 25 Apr 91 07:32:31 GMT madler@pooh.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) writes: > But, I suspect NeXT has some other weird policy that they *have* to > use 2.88M floppies since that's supposed to be a selling point of > their machines. I agree with this statement. It seems that even NeXT is not completely immune to the "Not Invented Here" syndrome. -- "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