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In article <1992Oct30.132742.9390@socrates.umd.edu> fletcher@socrates.umd.edu (Charles Fletcher) writes:
>There was a recent post here about MATLAB finally being ported to the NeXT.
>I talked to MathWorks (at EDUCOM) and everything the poster said is correct--
>it will be ported, it will be MATLAB 4.0 with the cool graphics, and it 
>will be last in line (ie, all the current platforms will be ported first.)
>
>Oh, one more thing--it will only run under X, there will not be a port to
>NeXTSTEP.

Hmm...for the moment that is also the case with Splus from Statistical
Sciences. Both S+ and Matlab are very good products (S+ is really good),
but there is something wrong here. Buying products from vendors that refuse
to support NeXT windows will simply encourage more to try and sell X versions
of their software on the NeXT. Given NS 486, Fat Binaries, the beauty of NS,
etc...I do feel people should not buy programs which require X unless (a)
they really have no choice or (b) the vendor has indicated a move to NS in
a future release.
 
Better to push NeXTSTEP and support those developing for it than to just 
compete with NCD X terminals. It would be nice if a strong signal were sent
out to those people trying to get away with X on the NeXT that this is 
almost totally unacceptable.
 
Philip McDunnough
philip@utstat.toronto.edu