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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT alternatives
Message-ID: <3676@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 4 Apr 89 16:03:02 GMT
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Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <41358@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, jgreely@diplodocus.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely) writes:
> Color me radical, but I'm more impressed by the hardware.

Nice hardware, though that OD is a botch.

> "You should put NeXT's OS on
>  your Suns!"

> 	"Why?"

> "It runs Mach!"

> 	"But I have users who want to buy
> 	 Sun-specific binaries."

So buy Suns and run Sun/OS. Myself, I'm more impressed by Mach than anything
else. Hardware gets obsolete a lot faster than software, and UNIX is long
overdue for a revolution.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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