Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!njin!princeton!phoenix!mbkennel From: mbkennel@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Matthew B. Kennel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Changing the World, One Person at a Time Message-ID: <3785@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Date: 28 Sep 88 03:33:59 GMT References: <430043@hpcea.CE.HP.COM> <3600031@iuvax> <69545@sun.uucp> <1282@cbnews.ATT.COM> <6295@ut-emx.UUCP> <17682@apple.Apple.COM> <8079@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <1473@pur-phy> Reply-To: mbkennel@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Matthew B. Kennel) Organization: Princeton University, NJ Lines: 36 >my posting of a few days ago saying I'm glad I bought a Mac. Maybe in >a year.... The programmer's interface is the thing that's making me drool. >If I could only be guaranteed that good software would be available within >months, and that the company would do well in the marketplace, so I don't >get stuck with a nice machine that isn't worth much (like the Lisa).... >-Sho Good software for the NeXT machine is available in _seconds_, is pretty much free and comes with source code: How about ftp uunet.uu.net ftp>cd comp.sources.unix I'd guess that, if they did things right, most software should compile as is. (well, maybe). Oh, so you wanted _windows_? I'm not sure, but I thought the NeXT user interface was based on X windows. (Note that X does NOT specify a user interface; many have been developed that use X as the underlying protocol). Then, by presumption, NeXT has X, and so alot of basic X software will run. (No, so far I haven't seen any X programs that are as nice or friendly as the Macs', but my I think my customized twm is pretty nice). Presumably, the FSF will include the NeXT machine in their emacs and C compilers configuration file: Then, you can get the world's best text editor, and a C(and C++) compiler that's far better than anything on a micro (and on most larger computers, too!), for free. Matt Kennel mbkennel@phoenix.princeton.edu (Pray that NeXT/IBM give the NeXT interface to the OSF and that the OSF uses it)