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In article <92Aug19.024710.22093@acs.ucalgary.ca> bstone@acs.ucalgary.ca  
(Blake Stone) writes:
> Hello?  Several NeXT employees distinctly stated that several
> features were being pushed back to the 3.1 release at NeXTworld
> Expo.  Cross compilation and fat binaries for example.  

Yes. Several NeXT employees stated that at EXPO and elsewhere.

> And NeXT
> traditionally releases new software to support new hardware
> (ostensibly the reason for 2.1 as well as the only reason for 2.2
> and 1.0a)... 

Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't e.g. ND support.

> does this mean that the NRW is completely supported
> by 3.0?  Or that it won't be out until 4.0 (a minimum of 18
> months away unless they change plans radically).

3.0 includes support for hardware that has not been announced.
 
> On the other hand, I don't expect 3.1 to be necessary for bug
> fixes given the extensive testing.  3.0 won't be bug-free,
> neither is 2.1, but it should be MUCH better than your
> traditional x.0 release from what I've seen.

Yes, it should be much better than traditional X.0 releases, but my own  
opinion is that 3.1 is needed for bug fixes. I expect a decision to be  
made within the next month or so.

M Carling
Director, Bay Area NeXT Group
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