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- From: papresco@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
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- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:27:33 GMT
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- >Yes, but when will it be available ? Solaris 2.0 will be ready by then.
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- I hope so, and I hope it's everything I dream it will be. But if it is,
- it won't be the unix that some people here know and love. It may have some
- ease-of-use enhancements. It will probably be graphical. It may "pander
- to the lowest common denominator." I'm crossing my fingers.
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- >If Joe User prefers a comercial program why not go with SCO or NeXTstep.
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- Because a NeXT costs >$5000.00 (for greyscale) and a PC with scos almost
- as much. SCO costs more then many systems for sale today.
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