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Re: Book on NeXTSTEP Programming

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From: Michael B. Johnson
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 21:44
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In article <1992Dec18.022030.15170@leland.Stanford.EDU> m@crito.stanford.edu (M Carling) writes:
>>In article <1992Dec8.213726.18975@leland.Stanford.EDU>  
>>spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola) writes:
>>> > NeXTSTEP Programming -- STEP ONE: Object-Oriented Appcliations
>>> > Simson L. Garfinkel and Michael K. Mahoney
>>> > Hardbound, 664 pages, includes DOS diskette
>>> > ISBN: 0-387-97884-4
>>> 
>>> Do you suppose they _really_ give you a DOS diskette with it? :-)
>>
>>Yes, they do, and for good reason. When they had to commit to a disk  
>>format, it was not yet known whether or not NS486 would read NeXT  
>>formatted diskettes. (It will.)
>>

It's also probably infinitely easier (and cheaper) to get DOS disks
duplicated than NeXT format ones.  When you want to get a few thousand
books out, I'm sure that was a mitigating factor.


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