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Stuart Ritchie says:
-- NeXTstep, with ISDN support built right into the operating
-- system and hardware --as seamless as it could be-- will be 
-- running rings around your Macintosh.

I am sure he's right because he says "will be". Here in France quite a
few people are already using ISDN on Macs, have been doing so for 1 1/2
years, in fact. I have some doubts however about this appearing on the
NeXT in the future over here.

The reason is that ISDN's control layer is specific to each Telecom operator.
In other words, a US implementation will not be able to talk to a French,
or UK, or Swedish, or German, or Italian exchange.

Now Apple does 40% of its business overseas, and they know about localisation.
They also provide a market large enough for local entrepreneurs to jump in 
with niche products.

NeXT on the other hand has sold less than 1000 machines in France, according
to my (non-NeXT) sources. And they will only deal with the local european 
ISDN's when they have the US version finished. I am afraid they will never
make it, or first quarter 93 at the earliest.

By that time we will have had ISDN working on Macs here for 2 1/2 years. 

Can we stop playing the "my NeXT NeXT is gonna be better than your Mac" game,
and concentrate on the existing software platform? I for one would like a
decent DTP program- they have those too on Macs!

Edmund.