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- From: wilcoxt@cuug.ab.ca (Terrance Wilcox 229-3361)
- Subject: Re: End of NeXT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.211611.15877@cuug.ab.ca>
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 21:16:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.051539.5455@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >
- > Pretty interesting considering NS486 is still vapor. Bout
- > as realistic as Bill Gates giving a lecture on Microkernals
- > based on his background in NT (which, so I've heard, is minimal).
- >
- Are you sure you mean vapor? There are developers out there with beta
- copies. People have seen demos. There are published hardware requirements
- (sort of). The only thing you can't do is go to the store and buy it. I
- think you're just a bit confused.
-
- I doubt that anybody could lecture on microkernals based on their knowledge
- of NT. NT isn't a microkernal.
-
- Terry Wilcox
-