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- From: m@crito.stanford.edu (M Carling)
- Subject: Re: NeXTstep 3.0
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.042747.26672@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSO, Stanford University
- References: <92Aug19.024710.22093@acs.ucalgary.ca>
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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 04:27:47 GMT
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- In article <92Aug19.024710.22093@acs.ucalgary.ca> bstone@acs.ucalgary.ca
- (Blake Stone) writes:
- > Hello? Several NeXT employees distinctly stated that several
- > features were being pushed back to the 3.1 release at NeXTworld
- > Expo. Cross compilation and fat binaries for example.
-
- Yes. Several NeXT employees stated that at EXPO and elsewhere.
-
- > And NeXT
- > traditionally releases new software to support new hardware
- > (ostensibly the reason for 2.1 as well as the only reason for 2.2
- > and 1.0a)...
-
- Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't e.g. ND support.
-
- > does this mean that the NRW is completely supported
- > by 3.0? Or that it won't be out until 4.0 (a minimum of 18
- > months away unless they change plans radically).
-
- 3.0 includes support for hardware that has not been announced.
-
- > On the other hand, I don't expect 3.1 to be necessary for bug
- > fixes given the extensive testing. 3.0 won't be bug-free,
- > neither is 2.1, but it should be MUCH better than your
- > traditional x.0 release from what I've seen.
-
- Yes, it should be much better than traditional X.0 releases, but my own
- opinion is that 3.1 is needed for bug fixes. I expect a decision to be
- made within the next month or so.
-
- M Carling
- Director, Bay Area NeXT Group
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