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hi all,

excerpted from "32-Bit GUI Alternatives: No Contest", pg. 192, PC Magazine,
April 28, 1992.  (This is from a sidebar in a larger article about OS/2 2.0.)

    "Another Unix-related contender is the NeXTstep 486, from NeXT.  Built
    on the Macintosh [sic] operating system kernel, the object-oriented
    NeXTstep is an Intel architecture version of the much praised (if little
    bought) operating system developed for Steve Job's NeXT computers.
    NeXTstep will require an 80486 with 8MB to 16MB of RAM.  The user version
    will occupy 120MB of disk space; the developer version will need a whopping
    400MB."
    
    "What are the prospects for these and other Unix-related 32-bit GUI
    operating systems on the Intel desktop?  Probably no more than modest
    success.  All require system resources well beyond what OS/2 2.0 does.
    They even make Windows NT look like a comparative lightweight in that 
    regard.  None offers more than limited backward compatibility for DOS
    and Windows software.  All cost more than OS/2 2.0, and Windows NT is
    likely to be priced well below them, as well.  NeXTstep, for example,
    costs $995; OS/2 2.0 costs $195."
    
    "SCO's Open Desktop, SunSoft's Solaris 2.0, and NeXT's NeXTstep 486 will
    have some success, particularly in shops where Unix is already used in 
    one form or another.  They will probably enjoy success in vertical markets
    with custom applications; in fact, OS/2 2.0 will have to compete strongly
    with them for this market.  But between the system resource demands and
    the lack of mainstream applications, these 32-bit contenders have a way
    to go before they provide any serious competition."
    

DISCLAIMER: I love my NeXT.  I just wanted to see what you all would say
            about these comments, if anything.

larry cordner