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From: seibel@cgl.ucsf.edu (George Seibel)
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Subject: Re: NeXT on the net (was Re: Fortran and Pascal)
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Date: 16 Nov 88 05:27:10 GMT
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In article <27221@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) writes:

    [... NeXT on the Net?]

>I understand that ThEY want to avoid any impression that they have
>taken commercial advantage of the forum.  This is a very good, careful
>attitude, and is to be applauded.  Impression is everything.

    [ ... Telebit and Sun do...]

>without raising hard feelings.

>It would be nice if occasional controversies here could be settled
>with real, authoritative information.  Just the critical tidbit,
>without marketing hype.  I wonder if it would work?

  It works very well in comp.arch - I appreciate the commentary from
a number of hardware vendors there.   I havent noticed any objectionable
commercialism.

George Seibel, UCSF