Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!jarthur!uunet!olivea!oliveb!amdahl!JUTS!duts!kls30 From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Will NeXT survive? Grow with the times? Message-ID: <61SU02c=077R01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: 6 May 91 16:53:25 GMT References: <11399@uwm.edu> <91122.161353TROTH@RICEVM2.RICE.EDU> Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 24 In article <91122.161353TROTH@RICEVM2.RICE.EDU> TROTH@RICEVM2.RICE.EDU (Rick Troth) writes: > >Fundamentally, they did the right thing: they built the "pretty, GUI >[pronounced 'gooey'?], click-your-rodent" environment on a real O/S base. >Mach was an excellent choice. In truth, it's not UNIX, though many ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No, No, No. The NeXT does run UNIX. I runs a Mach kernal under UNIX. >folks can't tell, and some folks don't need to know and don't care. IMHO - NeXT will survive. But my opinion is very biased. You see, I own one and have to think they would survive. I'm not in the habit of wishing my tools become unsupported. >-- > "The tomb is empty" > Rick Troth ------------- Rice ONCS VM Systems Support KeNT -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */