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From: fad@think.COM (franklin a davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT conference
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Date: 1 Mar 89 16:43:07 GMT
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In article <3990.240A834F@mailcom.FIDONET.ORG> John.Jacob@mailcom.FIDONET.ORG (John Jacob) writes:
>      I like the Mac a whole bunch more than a NeXT now.  There are a few 
>things I like about the NeXT, but I prefer the Mac II.

I think it's a specious comparison.  The NeXT is an infant -- a brand
new machine.  At the moment, it's mainly of interest to people who
want to program it.  For that, it's quite interesting.

But for using applications, of *course* it's not interesting...yet!

--Franklin

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