q4kx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Joel Sumner) (10/05/90)
In article <72100011@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu>, beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > In the original NeXT, Mathematica was bundled with the system. But I see no > mention of Mathematica on the list of software items given on p. 16 of the > new "Fall 1990 List Prices". Does this mean that Mathematica has been > dropped? Too bad, if it is. I hear the new version of Mathematica for the > Mac is a knockout and includes sound capability. Does anyone know why it > was dropped from the NeXT and how much it will cost to replace it? Mathematica is only included on 'Educational' machines. Whatever that means. In the product overview, there is a list of bundled software. Release 2.0 (basic) includes.. *End User Applications Workspace Mgr(tm) NeXT Mail(tm) WriteNow(r) Word Processor Digital Webster(tm) (9th Collegiate Dictionary(r) and Collegiate Thesaurus(r)) Digital Librarian(tm) Edit Mathematica(r)-for higher education customers only DataViz/Bridge(tm) Installer FaxReader Preferences Preview for Post Script PrintManager *Developer Tools VT100(tm) Terminal Emulator [Stuart I hear] *System Administration Applications BuildDisk InstallTablet Mail Manager NetInfo Manager NetManager Printer Tester User Manager Installer RELEASE 2.0 (extended) also includes.... *End User Applications Oxford(r) Dictionary of Quotations William Shakespeare, The Complete Works (for Didigal Librarian) TEX(tm) Document Processing System (Radical Eye Software) [it doesn't mention Improv here but it is mentioned elsewhere about the promotion] *Developer Tools Interface Builder(tm) Objective-C(r) Language Compiler C++ Language Compiler Objective-C Class Definitions 56001 DSP Tools GNU Emacs GNU Debugger BUG-56(tm) Debugger (Ariel) Malloc Debugger AppInspector(tm) PostScript Tools Application Kit(tm) Music Kit(tm) Sound Kit(tm) On-line technical documentation ----end---- This document doesn't have a name but it appears to be a product line overview (with specs. etc...) -- Joel Sumner GENIE:JOEL.SUMNER These opinions are q4kx@cornella.ccs.cornell.edu q4kx@cornella warranted for 90 days or q4kx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu q4kx@crnlvax5 60,000 miles. Whichever .................................................... comes first. Never test for an error condition that you can't handle.
rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony) (10/12/90)
In article <1990Oct5.110959.284@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> q4kx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Joel Sumner) writes: >In the product overview, there is a list of bundled software. >RELEASE 2.0 (extended) also includes.... > >*End User Applications >[it doesn't mention Improv here but it is mentioned elsewhere about the > promotion] Improv is NOT part of neither the standart nor the extended release. It is a one time promotional offer that all people that buy or upgrade to a new system before the end of the year will receive a free copy of Improv. Ronald ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." Bernhard Shaw | rca@cs.brown.edu or antony@browncog.bitnet