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From: jd3l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jean-Marc Debaud)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: IBM pollution
Message-ID: <kZtLGPy00XohR6LFNJ@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 23 Feb 90 17:36:27 GMT
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Organization: Humanities and Social Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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>   Well, a few days ago, some fellow sent an aggressive message "IBM
kills NeXT".
>I hope this guy is only naive, and does not have connections with IBM. An IBM
>employee (most of them were brainwashed, they are easy to recognize: they wear
>the same suits and speak the same IBM labelled language) has the duty
to publicize
>his company.

Frederic, I am the guy who posted the article on IBM kills NeXT. I you
had read the
article thoughtfully you would have seen :

	JM DEBAUD
	Carnegie Mellon U.

I furthermore specified that I was an ex-NeXT lover (Apple too).

Remember as you say IBM has some of the most intelligent and best trainded
scientists and marketers.

Only stupid people can't change. Their machine incorporate a lot of new things
as well as industry standards which were NOT developed by IBM. 

Why can't we give them credit ? Just because it is IBM ? Foolish.

You mentioned their price too. Please get the facts. They are really cheap
for what they offer. Others have yet to match that.

Unix ? Well it seems that with AIX -3 they have made significant efforts.

Hope not to be too blunt (not my intention).

	Jean-Marc
	(Just a student...)
	Carnegie Mellon
	jd3l+@andrew.cmu.edu