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From: phil@Apple.COM (Phil Ronzone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Well, we listened
Keywords: Apple, A/UX, jobs
Message-ID: <12221@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Jun 88 18:50:56 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer A/UX Group
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We'd like to thank the large number of people that have responded
and discussed with us some of the "futures" issues dealing with A/UX.

We are doing something about it. From an article just posted to
misc.jobs.offered:

>The feedback we have gotten from the net and customers has caused us to
>become a lot more aggressive in our project plans. We have lots of new
>systems and peripherals to support under A/UX, so we want (of course)
>experienced UNIX internalists, and we are really blazing away on the
>seamless Macintosh look-and-feel under A/UX, so we want Mac OS programmers.

We are hiring. Your feedback has been instrumental to causing the A/UX
to accelerate our future product plans. Thanks to you all, and keep on
talking to us.

And b.t.w. - some of the recent discussions on setting up A/UX for
networking caused me to sit down and really look at our manuals. While
all the information is there, there is a LOT! It is hard to RTFM when there
are 6000 pages, and worse, more than one manual marked "OPEN ME FIRST".
But, I don't see what we can do about it. UNIX IS 6000+ pages of
documentation. I don't see how that could be reduced, to say, 600. Or
how that one relevant piece of info you need right now can be easily
accessible.

Are we missing something?
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Philip K. Ronzone  A/UX System Architect
Apple Computer MS 27AJ 10500 N. DeAnza Blvd. Cupertino CA 95014
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