mahesh@ndmath.UUCP (Mahesh) (05/31/89)
For all the nay-sayers and IBM lovers out there, sit down and play with a NeXT for a while. I mean, REALLY take a look at the "gestalt" of the computer. Speaking for myself, if not anything else, the NeXT has FOREVER changed the way I think or interact with computers. It's cute, it's simple (well, not really, but it does try to be most of the time), its logical, and its so well integrated that its a pleasure to work with it. I know, "but it's got so many bugs...". RIGHT. You're writing something in WriteNow, and WriteNow bombs (Ditto for Librarian, and most any other app). Most of the time you can just kill the process and reslaunch it. Try doing that on your souped up 386 system (Dont's say "MacsBug can do that! HAH!). Of course, for all you workstation types, take a look at the SS1 (the sparc-station). Had a chance to interact with Write-Paint-Draw? Interfaced with Open-Windows? Can you say "crude"? As far as I am concerned, it's a hit. If NeX goes bottoms up, so be it. But I can never look at a Mac or a Sun in the same way again. And if that is the definition of revolution, then HEY!, it's definitely one, and one that has succeeded, i.e., a revolution in the concept of computing/computers. Mahesh Subramanya Office of University Computing University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 46556 INTERNET: mahesh@darwin.cc.nd.edu UUCP: ndmath!mahesh #include <sys/.signature>