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- From: ppoh@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu (Paul B. Poh)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: NT / NeXT trivia
- Message-ID: <PPOH.92Sep15094339@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 13:43:14 GMT
- References: <92Sep10.034631.23074@acs.ucalgary.ca>
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- In-Reply-To: wierda@ltb.ltb.bso.nl's message of 15 Sep 92 09:12:33 GMT
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- In article <2062@ltb.ltb.bso.nl> wierda@ltb.ltb.bso.nl (Gerben Wierda) writes:
- >In <prqffd8@zola.esd.sgi.com> portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes:
- > >I find it interesting that in this thread (and in the
- > >other which was comparing NeXTStep to Windows NT), that
- > >the same people who were quick to label NT "vaporware"
- > >seem to overlook that fact that NS 486 is equally
- > >vaporous, even more so since NeXT is not making
- > >NS 486 developers kits available for $69.
-
- > Technically NeXT doesn't need to, since developing an App on the NeXT will
- > make it run on NS 486. I can develop on my NeXT and run on NS 486. Fat
- > binaries, remember? If 3.0 is already equipped with fat binaries, I don;t
- > think so, but NS 486 will probably be 3.1 anyway.
-
- Ah. But technically Microsoft doesn't need to release NT either since
- developing for Windows 3.1 is also the same as developing for Windows NT.
-
- > The whole $69 devkit from NT is a very shrewd sales move. Instant market
- > share
- > (look how many copies of NT I have sold....).
-
- Maybe so. But which is the bigger company?? :=) :=)
-
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- Paul Poh Unix Systems Programmer
- ppoh@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu Computer Services, Tufts University
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