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From: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: NeXT mail system // CMU Andrew System // "groupware" software
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Date: 26 Oct 88 17:42:26 GMT
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>>I've heard rumours that there are some connections between the Andrew
>>project at CMU and NeXT. In particular, that NextStep is layered ontop
>>of something akin to the andrew toolkit.
>
>NextStep is not based on Andrew.  For one thing, it uses NFS as its basic
>file-sharing mechanism.  It IS based on the CMU operating system Mach.
>Being only passingly familiar with Andrew, I can't comment on whether
>or not they have duplicated Andrew features.

He didn't say "Andrew", he said "the Andrew toolkit".  Andrew includes a
number of components, such as the Andrew file system, the Andrew window
system server, and the Andrew window system toolkit.

NeXTStEP, being more-or-less a window system toolkit (as opposed to an
OS kernel or a file system), could well be based on the Andrew window
system toolkit, even if the NeXT machine uses NFS rather than the Andrew
file system.