manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) (02/14/91)
Well I thought the NeXT vs. Amiga war needed some more fuel, afterall
that seems to be what this newsgroup is all about... anyway..
Yesterday, February 12, 1991, Paul Van Reed from Commodore Business
Machines was on campus demonstrating the new Amiga 3000UX machine.
In a word, impressive.
It was learned from this fellow that NeXT had dropped its agreement
with the folks who do Mathematica for the NeXT, and that Mathematica
will no longer be distributed with the system, though it will still
be available.
Commodore, according to Mr. Reed, approached the folks who do Mathematica
about doing a port and were basically told they would but for a very
inflated dolloar amount (he did not specify how much). According to
Mr. Reed the folks who develop Mathematica after losing the NeXT
contract and the HP contract called Commodore up to discuss a change
in "position".
Anyway, I thought I would provide more fodder for the NeXT vs. Amiga
newsgroup. I have no idea whether this information is accurate or not.
However, accuracy does not seem to matter in this newsgroup
anyway ... so ... flame away!
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