izumi@violet.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) (03/01/90)
Below is just one of the messages in comp.windows.news complaining how Sun is abandoning NeWS -- something I would have had to settle for if it weren't for NeXTStep and DPS. In article <1990Feb28.161746.9301@intercon.com> of comp.windows.news, amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) writes: > >Sun seems to be shooting itself in the posterior with NeWS. When NeWS 1.0 >came out, it was head and shoulders above X10R4 in speed and usefulness, >but they didn't push it. It was hard enough to buy even if you *did* want >it. It seems from the outside as though there has been an explicit decision >within Sun to "target" NeWS solely as an academic and OEM product. This >is STUPID. Not "unfocused marketwise," or other doublsespeak, just STUPID. > Looks like a chance to win over quite a number of customers from the Sun camp. :-) It would be nice if Sun licensed NeXTStep+DPS, ... nahh... can't happen. Izumi Ohzawa, izumi@violet.berkeley.edu