Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!well!sac
From: sac@well.UUCP (Steve Cisler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT not revolutionary enough?
Message-ID: <7583@well.UUCP>
Date: 7 Nov 88 11:09:36 GMT
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Reply-To: sac@well.UUCP (Steve Cisler)
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Barry,
I think that you described a platform that is revolutionary
once it becomes easier to administer distributed systems such
as Usenet or Fidonet (which is doing quite well, in terms of sites
but the internal politics has been stressful).  I'd guess that the
386 boxes in late '89 will be easier to run.

Though it runs on a Mac, Harry Chesley's HyperBBS was the
kind of easy-to-use system (setup time: 45 minutes+-) that
could spread everywhere, assuming Mac prices were lower.
The comms toolbox for the Mac os should give us ease-of-use
for EZ networking software, but the prices won't be as low as
386 clones which will be the backbone of most grass roots
efforts.
Steve Cisler
Connect: Libraries & Telecommunications
Box 992, Cupertino, CA 95015
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