STORKEL@RICE.BITNET (Scott Storkel) (10/17/88)
What's the big controversy over software distribution? Reports that I have seen from the announcement inidcate that Jobs was begging, excuse me, suggesting that software packages be priced under $500. If software is going to cost $300- $500 then what's 50 bucks for the media? Besides, if you buy in quantity, you could probably get the price down to $20-$30 or lower. This is comparable to distributing Unix programs on 1/4 inch tape. As for software updates, shareware GNU and stuff, you could either have disks with big libraries of stuff (X, GNU Emacs, etc.) or you could get stuff through anonymous ftp. I assume that most major universities (and that is the targeted market, no?) are fairly well connected. Anyway, I can't wait until we get some NeXT machines here. I'm just dying to hack away at Objective-C, Common Lisp, and the NeXTStep interface. Somebody put a NeXT on my desk and I'll write software that will change the world! Scott Storkel Macintosh Software Development Rice University
wetter@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Pierce T. Wetter) (10/19/88)
>Somebody put a NeXT on my desk and I'll write software that will >change the world! > >Scott Storkel >Macintosh Software Development >Rice University Ditto. Anyone want a Linear System package for designing servos, and almost anything with a feedback loop? A ray tracer? A three D modeler for the above? Milo for the NeXT box (with Ron Avitzur's help.)? g++? An X-server for NeXTStep? Anti-Aliased fonts? An oscilloscope using the A/D in the box? A signal generator using the D/A in the box? Send your vote as to which project I should do first (if a NeXT box should magically fall from the sky into my lap, or if not, maybe for my Mac II) to wetter@csvax.caltech.edu Pierce
harmeet@koko.UUCP (Harmeet Singh Gill) (10/20/88)
Two options come to mind:
#1: Send in your own disk to the software vendor who would "copy"
the software you purchased and mail it back to you.
#2: Call up the software company direct on a toll free number, pay
for the software through a credit card and they would then download the softwarevia modem and mail you a copu of the manual.