Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ecn-pc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!ecn-pc!mdm From: mdm@ecn-pc.UUCP (Mike D McEvoy) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Hot new rumor Message-ID: <413@ecn-pc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 17:09:01 EST Article-I.D.: ecn-pc.413 Posted: Thu Oct 31 17:09:01 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 03:34:02 EST References: <1058@decwrl.UUCP> <1195@teklds.UUCP> Reply-To: mdm@ecn-pc.UUCP (Mike D McEvoy) Organization: Cybotech Product Development Lab Lines: 24 Summary: In article <1195@teklds.UUCP> davidl@teklds.UUCP (David Levine) writes: >Although I seriously doubt the veracity of this rumor, I am reporting it >here because it is of interest (to say the least!) to the Net community. > >My dealer told me this weekend (under a "you didn't hear this from me" >disclaimer) that the big January announcement will be a 2-Meg Mac running >UNIX, not compatible with any existing Mac software. This dealer is not a >UNIX afficionado, so he has no UNIX axe to grind. > >I don't think this rumor's worth the paper it isn't printed on, because, as >AT&T has recently learned, UNIX carries no clout in the marketplace. The new >post-Jobs Apple will probably care more about marketability than technical >elegance, and I couldn't see Sculley supporting UNIX. 1) Their is nothing about the mac's design that would preclude it from running on a machine that has UNIX on it. The MMU can be made transparent with little effort. 2) Put me down for unit 2.... (Never buy unit 1) Big Mac