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Re: NeXT and Universities

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From: Ron Pomeroy x(Coop)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:10
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In article <1glnhlINNij@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cm601@cleveland.Freenet.Edu  
(Bradley Alexander Derrick) writes:
>>
>>	I am "lucky" I would say to have exereinced enough computer
>>knowledge to run circles around most of the people who publish articles for
>>magazinse like _Comuter Shopper_ and _PC World_.  I seem to be able to pick
>>up on these things easil :>.  Earlier this semester I got a hands on
>>experience with a NeXT which blew me away..  I had seen SUN's and Mac
>>Quadra's and wasn't really imressed.  But the NeXT's ease of programing and
>>open system was ver impressing.  I posted a message (8501) were I tried to
>>find out a little more about the NeXT(12/14/92).  So I went down to the
>>bookstore and picked up NeXTWorld and perused it.  Steve Jobs is one smart
>>cookie.  I would like to professionally developing software after college,
>>or at least doing something computer related.  Either way I would like to
>>do what ever I plan on, on the NeXT.  So I guess it is reasonable to ask
>>what universities offer programs(classes that is) that revolve around 
>>application development on Steve Job's machine.
>>
>>	I have developed aprox. 10 apps on the
>>IBM which are written in Turbo PASCAL(which is very laughable compared to
>>the NeXT's Obj-C).
>>
>>-  Al  -
>>P.S. I guess its kinda good to still be a junior in high school, because I
>>still have many doors open.

University of Houston does a lot of work with Obj-C and NeXTstep.
But hey...look at a NeXTonCampus.  There are a bunch of universities
that have and actively use NeXTs.

--
Ronald Pomeroy		[Objective-Cruntime: [Smalltalk runtime]];
Advanced Micro Devices	[self dream-on];
CAM Applications Group
rpomeroy@aunext1.amd.com (NeXTmail preferred)
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From: rpomeroy@aunext1.amd.com (Ron Pomeroy x(Coop))
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Subject: Re: NeXT and Universities
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