NeXTstep metion in PC Magazine.

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3 total messages Started by Larry Cordner Thu, 09 Apr 1992 02:19

#1073

Author: Larry Cordner
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 02:19

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hi all,

excerpted from "32-Bit GUI Alternatives: No Contest", pg. 192, PC Magazine,
April 28, 1992.  (This is from a sidebar in a larger article about OS/2 2.0.)

    "Another Unix-related contender is the NeXTstep 486, from NeXT.  Built
    on the Macintosh [sic] operating system kernel, the object-oriented
    NeXTstep is an Intel architecture version of the much praised (if little
    bought) operating system developed for Steve Job's NeXT computers.
    NeXTstep will require an 80486 with 8MB to 16MB of RAM.  The user version
    will occupy 120MB of disk space; the developer version will need a whopping
    400MB."
    
    "What are the prospects for these and other Unix-related 32-bit GUI
    operating systems on the Intel desktop?  Probably no more than modest
    success.  All require system resources well beyond what OS/2 2.0 does.
    They even make Windows NT look like a comparative lightweight in that 
    regard.  None offers more than limited backward compatibility for DOS
    and Windows software.  All cost more than OS/2 2.0, and Windows NT is
    likely to be priced well below them, as well.  NeXTstep, for example,
    costs $995; OS/2 2.0 costs $195."
    
    "SCO's Open Desktop, SunSoft's Solaris 2.0, and NeXT's NeXTstep 486 will
    have some success, particularly in shops where Unix is already used in 
    one form or another.  They will probably enjoy success in vertical markets
    with custom applications; in fact, OS/2 2.0 will have to compete strongly
    with them for this market.  But between the system resource demands and
    the lack of mainstream applications, these 32-bit contenders have a way
    to go before they provide any serious competition."
    

DISCLAIMER: I love my NeXT.  I just wanted to see what you all would say
            about these comments, if anything.

larry cordner

Re: NeXTstep metion in PC Magazine.

#1174

Author: KIAKAS stefanos
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 03:37

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In article <6lrjt1_.larry@netcom.com> larry@netcom.com (Larry Cordner) writes:
>
>hi all,
>
>excerpted from "32-Bit GUI Alternatives: No Contest", pg. 192, PC Magazine,
>April 28, 1992.  (This is from a sidebar in a larger article about OS/2 2.0.)
>
>    "Another Unix-related contender is the NeXTstep 486, from NeXT.  Built
>    on the Macintosh [sic] operating system kernel, the object-oriented
>    
    	you should send it in, to their Abort, Retry, Fail? column and
get $50 and a T-shirt.   :)

>
>DISCLAIMER: I love my NeXT.  I just wanted to see what you all would say
>            about these comments, if anything.
>
>larry cordner

stef

Re: NeXTstep metion in PC Magazine.

#1207

Author: Bradley Head
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 09:58

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Larry Cordner writes
> 
> hi all,
> 
> excerpted from "32-Bit GUI Alternatives: No Contest", pg. 192, PC Magazine,
> April 28, 1992.  (This is from a sidebar in a larger article about OS/2 2.0.)
> 
>     "Another Unix-related contender is the NeXTstep 486, from NeXT.  Built
>     on the Macintosh [sic] operating system kernel, the object-oriented
             ^^^^^^^^^
	Unbelievable. PC Mag has their head so far up Gate's ass they can't  
even get a quote right. Brutal. They are so far out to lunch, you'd have to
fly at a speed of Macintosh-II to reach them in a decent day :-)





-- 
Bradley Head, bhead@hfs.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (NeXTmail :-)
InStep Mobile Communications, Inc., Headfirst Software Ltd. 
Executive of Vancouver NeXT User's Society, Vancouver, BC.

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