Mike Rodgers wrote:
> True, but NeXT borrowed from Unix. It seemed to be a nice OS at the
> time, too bad it did not succeed as well as it should have. Had the OS
> not been resurrected into Mac's new OS, most folks would never know
> about it.
>
Yes, but it was borrowed freely from an open source system.
> I saw a NeXT based system in use at the Miami airport. One of the
> caterers used it to control the conveyor belts and delivery system.
>
I actually went to the NeXT Store in Sacramento and looked at them but
they were out of my price league.
> It is ironic that the newest OS is based in part on the oldest.
>
> Oh, I'm not anti-Mac. My first PC was an Apple IIe, complete with a
> cp/m co-processor card. The first pc virus I ever saw was on an early
> Mac. It came with the 3rd party hard drives out company purchased with
> the Mac's.
Yes, PC virii can exist on Mac hard drives but they are harmless to the
Mac. It is only when you provide a path to a pc (connect the hard drive
to the pc, sent the file as an email attachment, etc) that it becomes
harmful, but ONLY to the pc.
-- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney Newton MP 2100 iPhone 3GS ==================================================================== The NewtonTalk Mailing List - http://www.newtontalk.net/ The Official Newton FAQ - http://www.splorp.com/newton/faq/ The Newton Glossary - http://www.splorp.com/newton/glossary/ WikiWikiNewt - http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/ ====================================================================Received on Wed Oct 7 09:47:00 2009
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