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From: halliday@cheddar.cc.ubc.ca (Laura Halliday)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: What do I want to see in the Apple of the 90's?
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Date: 15 Dec 89 16:18:55 GMT
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In article <7614@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> rfellman@ucsd.edu (Ronald Fellman) writes:
>In article <1630@intercon.com> amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
>>My "Old Boat Anchor" has:
>>
>> - A Resource Manager, permitting (among other things) international
>>   localization *without recompilation*, including all of the system
>>   software
>>
>> - Built-in facilities for handling non-roman writing systems and keyboards
>>
>
>I can't see how most people would care about this!

*I* certainly care. Not all of the world speaks English, you know. Even in
the English speaking world, there are variations (do you say month/day/year
or day/month/year?).

I'll bet Macintosh gurus somewhere are developing Russian system software, if
nobody hasn't already. Can the same be said for NeXT?

I like NeXT, and may very well buy one next year. But Amanda has pointed out
a serious flaw in the way NeXT does things...

...laura