Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!rex!uflorida!math.ufl.edu!shadrach.math.ufl.edu!bb From: bb@math.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Why NextStep is not on RS/6000 Message-ID: Date: 19 May 91 04:10:25 GMT References: <1991May16.212049.19976@menudo.uh.edu> Sender: news@math.ufl.edu Organization: University of Florida Department of Mathematics Lines: 31 In-Reply-To: mahmoud@csund.cs.uh.edu's message of 16 May 91 21:20:49 GMT In article <1991May16.212049.19976@menudo.uh.edu> mahmoud@csund.cs.uh.edu writes: > Rumor on why IBM is not very enthusiastic about NeXTstep on its > RS/6000 workstion. > An IBM rep told me the other day that it is not IBM that Is not > enthusiastic but its Mr. Steve Jobs that is holding out on IBM. The > story is that even though IBM gave steve 10 million++ for NeXTstep to > run on its workstations he now claims that he sold them a license for > NS1.0 only and not for NS2.0. Also it seems like he does not want > them to have color. It seems like he is trying to milk them out of > more money and they are pretty pissed. The IBM rep said that they are > willing to sell NeXTstep for the RS/6000 but they are not willing to > look bad and sell the old version of NS. So he said the only way is > for steve to come to his senses and be happy with his 10 mill. ++ and > not be tooooooo greedy. This sounds like a perfectly plausible lie for IBM to make up as an excuse for why they aren't selling 2.0. I'e seen it running, and it works fine. I contineu to think the real reason IBM isn't selling NS, despite their common tendency to sell multiple OS's for any given hardware platform, is that it looks and works so well that it totally embarasses their OSF/Motief junk. -- "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