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To: Stock Puppy who wrote (2350)	5/16/1997 3:58:00 PM
From: shahn	of 213177

<does Nextstep take more kindly to these files?> Hi Stock Puppy (I still have the RDUS you loved a few aeons back, by the way). No, Nextstep is the same about lost files if you pull the plug. Its unix. Moreover, it spots a corrupted file system and takes FOREVER booting up first time after a powerdown as it rebuilds filesystems. Bill Gates vision of next generation of windows is `instant on'. Not yet. But still win95 is almost instant compared to Nexstep on the same hardware. I think Nexstep engineers already grafted as much of the useability of mac onto unix as they could (that was their vision all these years) so dont think it wll be easy for appl to do so much better. But its possible. Microsoft have setup `wizards' in their system help that steps you thru all system reconfigs. Its written for techno-idiots. Thats what they'll need for every single aspect of unix. By contrast unix and nextstep manuals are full of highpowered computer jargon. Its a tough challenge. The challenge for Mac was much easier; mac Os is much simpler and specialised to tightly controlled hardware configurations. Nextstep OS designed to be managed by an expert in the background (while of course wonderfully simple to use for the User who only sees icons and the GUI). Oh and theres couple things that windows95 does better than NextStep in their GUI. Yeah! I hope Rhapsody engineers take a close look and learn: - the concept of shortcuts and the `desktop' itself as a kind of folder where you can drag folders and applications onto, leave lying around like on your desk, is brilliant and eliminates the NexSTep (or any other) file manager entirely. That file manager was neat when I first saw it (and better that windows Explorer of course) but you dont need it. Well, good luck guys and gals. I am excited about the potential here. Shahn

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