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To: Phillip C. Lee who wrote (1136)2/3/1997 9:57:00 PM
From: soup   of 213173
 
Conditions may be ripe to challenge Microsoft over the desktop OS.

> ... Imagine Apple does everything right for a change. It ports NextStep to the PowerPC; makes the transition from the current MacOS to MacNextStep as easy as it made the transition to the PowerPC a few years ago, building backward compatibility into MacNextStep so current Macintosh applications will run well; keeps the Mac's legendary ease of setup intact; makes it easy to port applications written for other Unixes to MacNextStep; builds in manageability (easy to do with Unix); and matches current Wintel price points. Oh, and demonstrates beta versions by midyear and ships by 1998.

You'd have a new desktop architecture with everything going for it: price, integration, migration path, compelling advantages, and industry credibility. ...<

2/3/97 - Infoworld

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