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> 
> One setup that I used and liked was an IBM/Cyrix 6x86 computer running
> the NeXT operating system.  IBM, not Intel.  NeXT, not Windows.  :)

Funny, but I don't see many of these around.  In fact, in all my computer
experience in the workplace, I saw NONE of these around.  Nor did I know of
anyone who used such a setup.  That's not to say it's not a good one, OK,
but it's something that's clearly used in the minority.

> 
> NeXT is really a great operating system.  Built around the Mach
> microkernal, it was designed by many of the same ex-Apple folks who
> wrote the "Apple Human Interface Guidelines," so it makes what would
> normally be considered a PC look and act like an Apple.  Sure, there
> are cosmetic differences (the menubar is on the left hand side going
> down rather than on the top of the screen), but I suspect GS and Mac
> users will feel right at home.  Much more polished and intuitive than
> even Windows 95 (none of that IRC checking stuff) and is truly plug
> and play.  No wonder Apple is basing its next operating system on it.

For what it's worth, I wish that OS2 had really taken off instead of
Windows.  I've seen screen shots of its desktop, etc., and the most recent
version looks a lot like the BeOS.  Very nice and very graphical.

> B.J., Randy, you folka really have to get away from the notion that
> computers are at "war."  :)  It is just not that simple.
> 
> -Scott G.

Neither myself nor Randy have said this or anything that sounds remotely
like this.  If we have, kindly point out the post.  I was merely making the
observation that when ordinary folk walk into a computer software store
they normally only see two choices for usage:  Windows or the Mac OS.  They
don't see OS2, NeXT, BeOS, Linux, or anything else.  You have to obtain
those somewhere else if you want them, NOT in the mainstream store like
Computer City--unless you want to see a lot of blank looks on the clerk's
faces.



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