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Re: NextStep will NOT be made PD or GNUware

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From: Gerben Wierda
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1991 08:32
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In <109.UUL1.3#5127@aladdin.com> ghost@aladdin.com (L. Peter Deutsch) writes:

>I just happened to be talking with Steve Jobs on the phone yesteday
>about an unrelated matter, and I asked him about this very topic.  He
>said categorically that NextStep was one of Next's "jewels" and that
>there was absolutely no way they would release it.  I'd be inclined
>to believe him, myself.

Yep, PD is out. They would have to compete on hardware only. But they might be
doing something else...
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Subject: Re: NextStep will NOT be made PD or GNUware
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