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From: phil@Apple.COM (Phil Ronzone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: X-windows on the Macintosh?
Message-ID: <10935@apple.Apple.Com>
Date: 23 May 88 19:07:26 GMT
References: <16020001@wdl1.UUCP> <890006@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Reply-To: phil@apple.UUCP (Phil Ronzone)
Organization: Apple Computer A/UX Group
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In article <890006@hpcilzb.HP.COM> tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson) writes:
>>... Does anyone
>>out there know of any companies that are implementing X-windows running
>>under A/UX or regular Mac OS?  I would appreciate any information.
>
>Apple is.  It is due out this Fall.  It will run under A/UX, but won't be
>bundled with it, ==> they'll charge you extra for it.
>
>-T("I heard it from the horse's mouth.")ed

To make it somewhat more clear. There are projects here in the A/UX group
that get finished just slightly too late for one software release, but is
a project we don't want to make users wait the many months until the next
release to have. So we at Apple have APDA. We can release software through
APDA, and there is often a distribution and documentation charge (dealer prep
extra, your mileage may vary). So we may "kick" a product out initially via
APDA, and then bundled it into the next A/UX release. Or, we may keep it
in ADPA indefinitely if we see it being out of step with A/UX release
schedules. In any case, we don't look to make money from X-windows. We make
money on selling Macintosh II's. And some people will only buy a Mac II if
it has UNIX, which is why we did A/UX. And some people will only use A/UX
if it has X-windows.

-- 
Philip K. Ronzone  A/UX System Architect
Apple Computer MS 27AJ 10500 N. DeAnza Blvd. Cupertino CA 95014
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