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In article <1992Nov11.031131.150747@zeus.calpoly.edu>  
mrothste@keiko.acs.calpoly.edu (Rothstein) writes:
>>In article <1992Nov10.144142.27891@dvorak.amd.com>  
>>rpomeroy@aunext3.amd.com (Ron Pomeroy x(Coop)) writes:
>>> In article <jonathan.721383969@author.ecn.purdue.edu>  
>>> jonathan@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Jonathan L Neuenschwander) writes:
>>> >>I recently picked up the November issue of UnixWorld, and was  
>>pleasantly
>>> >>surprised by the optimistic and upbeat review of NextStep 3.0.  It is  
>>in the
>>> >>"Product of the Month" column even!  Nice change from the general  
>>NeXT-had-
>>> >>some-good-ideas-too-bad-they're-doomed fare I'm used to seeing.
>>> >>
>>> >>One thing in the article did catch me by surprise though.  In the  
>>first 
>>> >>column, fourth paragraph, in reference to NeXTStep486 it states;
>>> >>
>>> >>"Next [They don't seem to like the caps in NeXT.  Oh, well.] also says  
>>that
>>> >>the version will let users run multiple Microsoft Windows and DOS  
>>sessions
>>> >>inside Nextstep windows."
>>> >>
>>> >>Now the last time I saw the FAQ relating to NeXTStep486, it said that  
>>there
>>> >>wouldn't be any support for for DOS/Windows initially, something I  
>>always
>>> >>viewed as being a potentially fatal flaw.  So did UnixWorld mess up,  
>>or WILL 
>>> >>it be possible to run DOS/Windows?
>>> 
>>> The keyword here is *WILL* - as in the future.  And yes...it WILL allow  
>>this  
>>> capability - some day :-)  Journalists - tricky bunch 'a folks you know.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Ronald Pomeroy - Smalltalk/NeXT psuedo neophyte
>>> Advanced Micro Devices
>>> CAM Applications Group
>>> rpomeroy@aunext1.amd.com (NeXTmail preferred)
>>
>>
>>YES NeXTSTEP 486 will run DOS/Windows 3.1 apps.  Yes this is from NeXT not  
>>Insignia.  No they will not be rootless initally and by the end of 93 NS  
>>486 will run Win32/NT apps.  The question they haven't answered is whether  
>>or not it will be standard or an option.  I for one don't care if it is an  
>>option or not.
>>
>>This information comes from Bob Lawton's demo of NS486 at the Sep. BaNG  
>>meeting and an info sheet put out by NeXT.  If I have mis-remembered  
>>anything please feel free to correct me.
>>
>>P.S.  I dream that if I have to program in DOS/Windows that I will do it  
>>w/ Borland's C++ under NeXTSTEP.  The irony is too much to resist.

Or better yet Objective-C.  There are 3rd party extensions to the Borland
compiler which allow one to do Windoz programming in Obj-C.  For that matter 
the same folks make a product which allow Smalltalk objects to communicate with  
Obj-C objects and vis versa.  
--
Ronald Pomeroy		Objective-C/Smalltalk pseudo neophyte
Advanced Micro Devices	[self dream-on];
CAM Applications Group
rpomeroy@aunext1.amd.com (NeXTmail preferred)