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From: mike@ists.yorku.ca (Mike Clarkson)
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Subject: Re: IBM's Next User Interfcae
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Date: 3 Oct 88 23:10:40 GMT
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In article <8164@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, tim@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Timothy L. Kay) writes:
> The deal with Next will give IBM access to a "desktop metaphor"
> package to compete with AT&T's Open Look (to which IBM doesn't have
> access, since they are committed to OSF).  Both packages are based on
> X Windows.

My understanding is that Open Look has been submitted to OSF for consideration.

I hope they do dump OS/2 for AIX, but remeber, IBM lives with more operating
systems per unit of harware than anyone else (perhaps everyone else combined).

>  I base my suspicions on the fact that Unix exists, works,
> and is very solid, while OS/2 is a poorly-performing piece of junk put
> together hastily by marginal hackers at Microsoft.
> 
> These opinions are my own.

Mine too.



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