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From: tgingric@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Tyler S Gingrich)
Subject: Re: listen up NeXT!
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1991 00:15:16 GMT
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In article <74459@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> dwboyce@acsu.buffalo.edu (Doug Boyce) writes:
>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.
>

On the other hand, how many stations/cubes would be sold if they where 'Blue'??

I realize there is NO WAY that IBM could have put the NeXT system together
(too much bureaucracy to move around), but what if NeXT made-em and IBM
sold-em???  

The real question is, If IBM sold Stations/Cubes would they EVER sell another
PS/2 (or worse yet, a PS/2-OS/2 server)?? 


Tyler