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From: ddev@wam.umd.edu (Don DeVoe)
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Subject: Re: Thank You!
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Date: 15 May 91 23:34:57 GMT
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In article <1991May15.195822.25192@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> sjhg9320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Maximum Slackness ) writes:
>jerome@ee.fit.edu writes:
>
>>The Next Question:
>>    What will system 8.0 look like?
>
>                 Unix.

No, but seriously... :)

How many mac-addicts out there *really* expect to see a system 8? Not just
soon, but ever?  If you think the next system release will ever make it
out, what will it be like?  Will we finally have protected memory, or
preemptive multitasking?  It seems to me that such niceties (necessities!)
will not make it into the MacOS without a total rewrite, and who knows how
long that could take...any opinions?

Perhaps A/UX is the way to go after all...

BTW, I am not knocking sys 7.0! It is a huge step forward, and the Apple
engineers working on this thing deserve a round of kudos from us all. I just
wonder how much farther the OS can go in this direction without getting
rid of all the kludge code and starting over from scratch! 
-- 
Don DeVoe                       
ddev@wam.umd.edu