NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/sys/next/misc/18781

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From: [e-mail] (Paul S. Sears)
Subject: Re: NeXTstep 3.0
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:25:53 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Sherwood Botsford) writes:
=>Allen B writes
=>>
=>> Considering our semester starts on the 24th, the 3.0
=>> release is really too late for me whenever it is.  I got
=>the
=>> impression from early news of 3.0 that I'd have it up and
=>> running by now.  The date kept slipping and so did my
=>chance
=>> of using it any time soon.
=>>
=>> A big "Boo!  Hiss!" to missing a summer release date.  I
=>now
=>> either have to close our lab or wait 'til October to get
=>the
=>> job done right.  I'm sure other Universities have similar
=>> situations.
=>>
=>> If NeXT is still aiming at higher education, they're not
=>> hitting it very well.  Our machines should be stable and
=>> consistent all semester long.  Making me do an upgrade
=>> once a semester is underway is not a way to be my friend.
=>>
=>> I'm not opposed to coming in weekends and working late
=>> nights to get machines upgraded and tested.  I'd just
=>> rather do it between sessions and not when 440 users are
=>> expecting to use our 24 hour lab.
=>>
=>> Allen B (Not the best NeXTperson to piss off)
=>
=>(Perhaps the next-best person to....)
=>
=>I know that Next has been working hard to make sure this
=>release is bug-free software (oxymoron?) but having watched
=>numerous VMS, AIX, Ultrix, DOS (Ugh) Windows (Ugh
=>factorial) come down the pipe, let me say this:  Don't
=>commit too deeply.
=>
=>Were I in Allen's shoes I'd upgrade 1 machine in each lab
=>to 3.0, and wait and see what happens.
=>
=>
=>On the flip side, I too am eagerly awaiting the release.
=>But it will b installed on only 1 machine for two months
=>before I consider putting it on the rest.

We are one of the Beta sites for 3.0 and since we got the first prerelease, we
have been running 18 NeXTs on 3.0 and our other 50 or so are still on 2.1/2.2.
What was fun is that our cluster has 2 servers, one is 2.1 and one is 3.0...
Oh the joys.....

We are going to do a complete upgrade to 3.0 prerelease 2 if we don't get the
final disk by the time our semester starts....  Then we will have to upgrade
again once we get the final release.  This will only be a pain for me, but we
need to have all users on some version 3.0 before the semester starts or we
would end up confusing the hell out of them (Ooo, ahhh)...
--
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