Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:20742 comp.sys.ibm.pc:19529 Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!att!mtuxo!mtgzz!drutx!druhi!prime From: prime@druhi.ATT.COM (Anthony Davis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: IBM's Next User Interfcae Summary: IBM PC RT Message-ID: <3597@druhi.ATT.COM> Date: 22 Sep 88 14:27:22 GMT Article-I.D.: druhi.3597 References: <417@nikhefk.UUCP> Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO Lines: 16 In article <417@nikhefk.UUCP>, paulm@nikhefk.UUCP (Paul Molenaar) writes: > A recent usenet posting stated that IBM payed $10 million for the use > of the user interface developed by NeXt. > > It aroused a lot of curiosity at my end. For what machines does IBM > need this user interface? According to a September 19 article in PC WEEK, page 4, IBM is planing to use this interface for the IBM PC RT under AIX. The ad also discussed several other licensing agreements that IBM has entered into with NeXT(some were optional). Tony Davis AT&T Bell Labs, Denver Co. local: druhi!prime net: att!druhi!prime