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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Apple System 7.0
Summary: A/UX hedge
Message-ID: <1637@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: 16 May 89 14:18:41 GMT
References: <15786@gryphon.COM>
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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In article <15786@gryphon.COM>, harrye@pnet02.cts.com (Harry Evangelou) writes:
> In article <27045@pnet02.UUCP> dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David M. O'Rourke)
> many programs broke with the release of 6.0. I predict even a worst case
> scenario with 7.0 (the bug free one, probably 3 years from now).



Apple is is wisely hedging its bets by keeping A/UX in the
vnaguard.  If the system 7.0 turns out to be a dud, A/UX with the x.11
interface, or open look will be standing by.  That would also, of
course, be dependent on the rest of the world starting up a romance
with Unix.  For the moment, the most optimistic market forecast
(Bernstein & Co.) gives Unix a ~39% market share by 1992.
Dataquest is much more pesimistic, predicting slightly less than 5%
of the market for Unix, with about 42% going to os/2.

Reference:  pg 23, PC Week, May 15, 1989, vol 6, no 19.


Bill
wtm@impulse.UUCP