barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) (04/10/91)
Here's a neat example of the pay-off from an object-oriented platform: (the following is taken from some of the PR documents NeXT released last week) " Even without a Kanji version of the NeXT computer, sales in Asia have been healthy. Demand is expected to increase dramatically when the Kanji version begins shipping by early third quarter, 1991, especially because users with the beta version of NeXT's Kanji computer report that it is the best implementation ever offered by any vendor. NeXT's Kanji capabilities are built on a Kanji-English text object ---a software object that is part of NeXTstep's object-oriented programming environment. Because the text object is available automatically in NeXTstep, any NeXTstep-based software application---which includes every major application available ffor the NeXT platform---automatically inherits Kanji capabilities and can be run on a Kanji NeXT computer with no modifications. This feature alone is expected to create incredible demand for the Kanji-based NeXT computers." Pretty nifty "solution", eh? -- Barry Merriman UCLA Dept. of Math UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research barry@math.ucla.edu (Internet)
bb@math.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) (04/10/91)
> "Even without a Kanji version of the NeXT computer, sales in Asia have > been healthy. Demand is expected to increase dramatically when the > Kanji version begins shipping by early third quarter, 1991, especially > because users with the beta version of NeXT's Kanji computer report > that it is the best implementation ever offered by any vendor. > NeXT's Kanji capabilities are built on a Kanji-English text object -- a > software object that is part of NeXTstep's object-oriented programming > environment. Because the text object is available automatically in > NeXTstep, any NeXTstep-based software application -- which includes > every major application available ffor the NeXT platform -- > automatically inherits Kanji capabilities and can be run on a Kanji > NeXT computer with no modifications. This feature alone is expected to > create incredible demand for the Kanji-based NeXT computers." I predict that this market will be the single greatest boon to NeXT sales. The Oriental market has been waiting a long time for a cheap way to process non-Roman text - and MS Windows with Kanji extentions isn't it. I expect that NeXT will sell a zillion of these machines to Japan, mainly. It gives me a warm feeling in my balance of trade. (Non-USA readers please excuse my provincialism!) -- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Bartholomew UUCP: ...gatech!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!bb University of Florida Internet: bb@math.ufl.edu
izumi@mindseye.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) (04/10/91)
In article <BB.91Apr10021204@leadbelly.math.ufl.edu> bb@math.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) writes: >> "Even without a Kanji version of the NeXT computer, sales in Asia have >> been healthy. Demand is expected to increase dramatically when the >> Kanji version begins shipping by early third quarter, 1991, especially >> because users with the beta version of NeXT's Kanji computer report >> that it is the best implementation ever offered by any vendor. > >I expect that NeXT will sell a zillion of these machines to >Japan, mainly. It gives me a warm feeling in my balance of trade. >(Non-USA readers please excuse my provincialism!) It also gives me a warm feeling in that US can have a product such as NeXT's machines which might sell on their own merit, rather than governments forcibly giving 20% of markets to American companies. Frankly, Kanji environment on workstation class machines really sucked! Nemacs(Japanese version of emacs) in kterm (ditto for xterm) in X11 is not my idea of fun. Certainly, my mother wouldn't use such a thing. She might use the NeXT's. Good for the USA. And tell the Iacocca guy to learn from Steve, or else quit. (What the guy is saying is laughable.) Izumi Ohzawa [ 大澤五住 ] USMail: University of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 Telephone: (415) 642-6440 Fax: (415) 642-3323 Internet: izumi@violet.berkeley.edu NeXTmail: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu
barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) (04/10/91)
In article <1991Apr10.072805.3043@agate.berkeley.edu> izumi@mindseye.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) writes: > >And tell the Iacocca guy to learn from Steve, >or else quit. yeah, I can see it now... " Airbags on workstations---they said it couldn't be done! But I say ``no'', we don't have to wait for airbags on NeXTs. Of course you'll still have to wear your seatbelt..." :-) -- Barry Merriman UCLA Dept. of Math UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research barry@math.ucla.edu (Internet)
cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (04/11/91)
In article <1991Apr10.072805.3043@agate.berkeley.edu> izumi@mindseye.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) writes:
It also gives me a warm feeling in that US can have a product
such as NeXT's machines which might sell on their own merit,
rather than governments forcibly giving 20% of markets to
American companies.
Good for the USA. And tell the Iacocca guy to learn from Steve,
or else quit.
(What the guy is saying is laughable.)
Gee. you might think from this that the only people who are engaging
in trade restrictions are those big boorish ignorant Americans.
How about we (USA) export some of our really cheap farm products into Japan?
No? Well then how about we export some of our really cheap meat
products into Japan? No? How about Japan pay up the $$ they promised
to contribute to Operation Desert Storm? No? Care for a further list
of American products embargoed (either explicitly or implicitly) by
Japan? No? I didn't think so.
--
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster,
and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzscherbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) (04/12/91)
In article <1991Apr10.082608.27543@math.ucla.edu> barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) writes: > >" Airbags on workstations---they said it couldn't be done! >But I say ``no'', we don't have to wait for airbags on >NeXTs. Of course you'll still have to wear your seatbelt..." > As I read netnews I find there are airbags on any number of machines:-) -- Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us 412-471-5320 venetia@investor.pgh.pa.us [NeXT Mail] ...!uunet!pitt!investor!rbp [UUCP]