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- From: wilcoxt@cuug.ab.ca (Terrance Wilcox 229-3361)
- Subject: Re: NeXT vs Mac, Whats the difference?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.212520.15988@cuug.ab.ca>
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- Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group
- References: <1992Dec22.162810.451@otago.ac.nz> <1992Dec22.142201.17973@wam.umd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 21:25:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.142201.17973@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >>1. NeXT has a great (possibly best around) development tools.
- >
- >
- > Has anyone got the low down on whether the release
- > shrinkwrap ~$900 version of NS486 will include these tools,
- > or will you have to buy the $2200 developer version?
- >
- > I hope it'll be in the release version. At $900, it's sure
- > to have a hard time--at $2200 it's sureto be a failure.
- >
-
- That's a relief. Now we don't have to worry about Solaris or Univel's
- UnixWare either. Neither one of those are shipping development tools
- with their user version, and their prices aren't much different.
-
- >
- >>2. I will soon be able to run my NeXTstep apps on a PC system with NS486.
- >
- >
- > Believe it when you see it. NS486, sure--but will NS486 run
- > DOS and win apps? At this point, who knows?
- >
- >
- Yes, NS486 will run DOS and Windows apps. Don't you keep up with the
- news? Your opinion would be worth so much more if you were at all
- informed.
-
- Terry Wilcox
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-