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From: mike@bambi.UUCP (Mike Caplinger)
Newsgroups: net.works
Subject: Re: xeroX slime ad warning
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Date: Tue, 22-Apr-86 10:55:47 EST
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Summary: Star isn't so bad


While I agree with John that this ad (I haven't seen it, but I'll take his
word for it) is pretty hyped, it can't be denied that the Xerox Star software
on which this machine is based is light-years beyond Suns for copying data
between windows.  What it does it pass structure around, real manipulable
objects with operations -- not just cutting and pasting ASCII text.

Sure, the Star was a commercial flop, but it wasn't for reasons of lack
of prettiness in the software model.  Maybe this new machine will make up
for the Star's lacks.

Xerox, after all, is probably hurting now that most of its Star/Mesa/XDE/
Cedar people work at Sun :-).

	- Mike