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- From: ibhan@husc8.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
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- Subject: Re: Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 20:41:48 GMT
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- In <1993Jan21.142005.19516@netnews.noc.drexel.edu> tjhendry@queen.mcs.drexel.edu (Jonathan Hendry) writes:
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- >Or, you can wait until June and buy NeXTSTEP '486. And maybe, by the
- >end of the year, NeXTSTEP for Hewlett-Packard PA-Risc workstations.
- >Or NeXT's Risc workstation which will hopefully be out this year.
- >(And which may be based on the Power PC)
-
- >Somebody'll probably mention that NeXTSTEP isn't "totally" object-oriented.
- >To which which I say, I don't give a damn. The base operating system (MACH)
- >has elements in it which lend themselves to "object-oriented-ness."
-
- True, but there's still the compatability issue. You can have the best OS
- in the world, but if there are only a few programs available, it's not
- going to sell well. I was considering getting a NeXT, but chose a Mac
- since there were more hardware options, and the NeXT lacked some software
- that I needed.
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- Ishir Bhan * "Every day they take one more set away...."
- ibhan@husc.harvard.edu * -The Cure, "Forever"
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