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: listen up NeXT! Message-ID: Date: 2 May 91 21:42:30 GMT References: <1991May2.133857.21752@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1991May2.150710.17939@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@math.ufl.edu Organization: University of Florida Department of Mathematics Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: feasterd@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu's message of 2 May 91 15:07:10 GMT In article <1991May2.150710.17939@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> feasterd@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Mickey Feaster) writes: > 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? How about: "it's embarassingly better than their mainstream X/Motif product/strategy"? or perhaps: "IBM is suffering from the not-invented-here syndrome"? or both? I've seen NextStep 2.0 and XR-something running on two different monitors on one RS/6000. Both scream. *I* didn't see any flaws with the NextStep, except for the lack of the software bundle that NeXT provides. -- "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