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In article <1992Apr13.220231.25640@bradley.bradley.edu>  
guru@camelot.bradley.edu (Jerry Whelan) writes:
> ...
> Not that I want to (re)start the discussion on this topic, but this
> policy at NeXT is really annoying.  It makes me feel quite the
> hypocrite when I go around praising the qualities of NeXT and its
> machines.  If anyone at NeXT is noting such things, NOTE THIS!
> ...

I can understand the principle behind the policy at NeXT ... they don't  
want to mislead people and unintentionally raising their expectations  
(which happens very easily, especially in this group :-) by "occasionally"  
providing upgrades or support to officially UNSUPPORTED products.

But this is not an endorsement from me to let NeXT off the hook on the NG  
issue. I still believe that NeXT should release the source code for NG to  
the public domain. This will not only ensure that NG has a reasonable  
chance of survival and continuance, it will also raise the LCD for  
newsreaders (adds to NeXT's compelling advantage :-).

I also hope that NeXT has not given exclusive rights to the source code to  
any specific developer because this will violate the level playing ground  
principle. 

Joe

ps. Is anyone keeping a list of NeXT buzzwords for '92? Lets see, so far  
we have Mission Critical, Compelling Advantage, etc. Maybe someone can put  
those on t-shirts and sell them at NeXTworld Expo '93 :-)
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