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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
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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