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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: The NeXT Problem
Message-ID: <1988Oct16.022032.29382@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 88 02:20:32 GMT

In article <5498@juniper.uucp> chari@juniper.UUCP (Christopher Michael Whatley) writes:
>They are supposedly developing their own RISC chip that is compatible with the
>030....

Sigh.  Isn't it sad:  even in comp.arch, people have forgotten what "RISC"
means.  That's like trying to build a Concorde that's compatible with a
donkey cart.

>... One of the infoworld
>reporters said that NeXT was considering using the modem for distribution. Ha!

Why the "Ha!"?  It's not a ridiculous idea.  The AT&T Software Toolchest
works pretty well.  And it is cheaper to get X11 from UUNET via modem than
from MIT via tape, not to mention faster...

It also has the enormous advantage that it largely eliminates the very
expensive human operations needed in conventional software distribution.
If you ask the Software Toolchest people to send you a tape instead, they
will say "forget it, we haven't the manpower".
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