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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
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Subject: Re: Why Apple 2 Forever
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Date: 3 Apr 89 13:45:10 GMT
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>"...Since Apple wants us to change operating systems anyhow, we'd be much
>smarter to change to a less proprietary operating system, which has a
>better chance of being supported in the future, now."

The likely choices would seem to be:

MS-DOS (obsolete)
OS/2 (not yet established)
Unix

The price of hardware with the capacity and speed to make credible Unix
boxes is falling rapidly (see this month's Vaporware column).  A system
with 4+ Mbytes of RAM, 100+ Mbytes of mass storage, and a processing
speed on a par with a 25 MHz 80386 or 20 MHz 68030 for less than $5,000
is perhaps 2-3 years away.

I'd guess that 90% of the posters of "grumbles" to this list are already
quite capable of happily operating and programming Unix.  If X-Windows
and the "Open Look" (or other user friendly operating interfaces) live up
to expectations, even those of us who don't dream in hex code will be
able to adapt to Unix.

Are you ready for your NeXT computer? :-)

/s Murph <Sewall%UConnVM.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu>

      I bought the latest computer;
      it came fully loaded.
      It was guaranteed for 90 days,
      but in 30 was outmoded!
        - The Wall Street Journal passed along by Big Red Computer's SCARLETT

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