Re: NT: please define vapor.

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From: waltrip
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:12

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In article <1992Sep10.013222.14702@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>, 
halpin@vsg1.dsg.dec.com (Stephen E. Halpin) writes:

	[...good points...]

> Its [NeXTSTEP] a great system.  I REALLY hope it can grow to significance in
> the
> mass market.  Getting on the 486 and later on the P5 will help considerably.
> If the 88110 is the end of the line, buying into it will only hurt NeXT
> (just ask owners of the original optical drive :-), especially if they
> ultimately settle on a little endian RISC architecture.  As it is processing
> binary files on NS and NS486 will be, well, challenging.

	And, of course, we should note, Steve, that porting NeXTSTEP to NT
	would permit it to run on the DEC ALPHA 8^)

Opinions expressed are my own.

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