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From: dwboyce@acsu.buffalo.edu (Doug Boyce)
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Subject: Re: listen up NeXT!
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Date: 2 May 91 20:07:13 GMT
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In article <1991May2.150710.17939@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> feasterd@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Mickey Feaster) writes:
     bill@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (Bill Shirley) writes:
   
     I haven't heard anything from IBM about a machine released with NeXT Step
     ( like maybe the RS6000 ).  
 
   Some months ago, IBM brought gave a RS6000 demonstration here. It looked like
   they were running X-windows, so I asked them if NeXT Step was also available
   for their workstation. They very quickly answered that yes, it was. However,
   they didn't seem interested in talking about it. It seems to be an option 
   that is available if you specifically request it, but they're not going to 
   bring it up otherwise. Anyone know why? Are there perhaps problems with their
   implementation?


Let's not forget that NeXTstep evolves around Mach. Any porting to another
system that doesn't support objective-C, threads and other Mach'isms (2.?
uses this more so that 1.?) will inherently be buggy or impossible to implement.
If IBM really wants to hop on the NeXTstep bandwagon they may have to go
Mach themselves.


-- 
Doug Boyce    dwboyce@acsu.buffalo.edu

"Speedballs are interesting if you aren't the cannoneer doing the running."
"Where's that Lotto ticket, I want a NeXT NoW!"