Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!labrea!Portia!jrll From: jrll@Portia.Stanford.EDU (john ralls) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Mach OS - NeXT computer Summary: Not Likely. Message-ID: <4317@Portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 8 Dec 88 03:52:47 GMT References: <17735@adm.BRL.MIL> Reply-To: jrll@Portia.stanford.edu (john ralls) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 18 In article <17735@adm.BRL.MIL> worms-emh1.army.mil>@adm.BRL.MIL writes: >I am considering the purchase of a UN*X mini called NeXT. It runs a BSD4.3 >compatable OS known as Mach. Does anyone have any experiance either with the >machine or the Mach OS? If so, any recommendations, remarks, observations, >etc. would be appreciated. First, you're not likely to get a NeXT. Their plan is to sell only to selected Universities, and the Army doesn't qualify. They _may_ have a commercial version out in a year or two; Jobs has been evasive about that so far. Too bad, it seems from press accounts to be a nice box. Second, unless one of the Beta testers sees this, no one will be able to relate any real experience, since NeXT won't ship until spring. Why don't you get a Sun? John