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Date: Sun 18-Dec-1989 23:43:22 From: dcarpent@sjuphil.uucp (D. Carpenter) Subject: 1.0 Documentation? Someone mentioned awhile back that the 1.0 Technical Documentation was due out in December. Well, its Dec. 18. Has anyone seen it yet?
Date: Sun 19-Dec-1989 15:18:09 From: g2k@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Frederic Giacometti) Subject: Re: 1.0 Documentation? In article <1989Dec18.234322.13467@sjuphil.uucp>, dcarpent@sjuphil.uucp (D. Carpenter) writes: > Someone mentioned awhile back that the 1.0 Technical Documentation > was due out in December. Well, its Dec. 18. Has anyone seen it yet? > Well, if David had tried it, he would have seen they don't work. The question is the following: when does NeXT intend to implement accents on its machines. This situation is of the most amazing, IBM pc's, Macs of all sorts, Amigas have accents working, but not NeXT. This limits very much word processing, even in non-technical english, were many French words are used which have accents. We hope that some understanding hear is listening us at NeXT.
Date: Sun 20-Dec-1989 01:53:08 From: eht@f.word.cs.cmu.edu (Eric Thayer) Subject: Re: 1.0 Documentation? In article <1989Dec18.234322.13467@sjuphil.uucp> dcarpent@sjuphil.UUCP () writes: >Someone mentioned awhile back that the 1.0 Technical Documentation >was due out in December. Well, its Dec. 18. Has anyone seen it yet? Dec 21 is the ship date I've been quoted by NeXT. No information on an update for the on-line documentation (I'm actually more interested in this).
Date: Sun 20-Dec-1989 10:39:08 From: jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Subject: Re: 1.0 Documentation? /* Written 5:43 pm Dec 18, 1989 by dcarpent@sjuphil.uucp in uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.next */ /* ---------- "1.0 Documentation?" ---------- */ >Someone mentioned awhile back that the 1.0 Technical Documentation >was due out in December. Well, its Dec. 18. Has anyone seen it yet? > >-- >=============================================================== >David Carpenter dcarpent@sjuphil.UUCP >St. Joseph's University dcarpent%sjuphil.sju.edu@relay.cs.net >Philadelphia, PA 19131 ST_JOSEPH@HVRFORD.BITNET /* End of text from uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.next */ I called NeXT a short time ago and was told they were going to try to get it out by the end of the month, but not to be to hopeful. Personally, I think it is pretty poor to release the system before the dox are ready, but I am still patient with the company because of their young age and their lack of vaporware. I have not seen them grossly miss a deadline yet. Michael Rutman SoftMed
Date: Sun 20-Dec-1989 15:34:03 From: dennisg@kgw2.uucp.WEC.COM (Dennis Glatting) Subject: Re: 1.0 Documentation? In article <1989Dec18.234322.13467@sjuphil.uucp>, dcarpent@sjuphil.uucp (D. Carpenter) writes: > Someone mentioned awhile back that the 1.0 Technical Documentation > was due out in December. Well, its Dec. 18. Has anyone seen it yet? > the people i talked to said it was due out in mid december but ups to NeXT that holiday toys and things come first. the docs will be delayed until after the holidays.
Date: Sun 23-Dec-1989 21:01:11 From: rlp@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Bob Powell) Subject: Re: 1.0 Documentation? In article <246300076@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: [ a question from David Carpenter about 1.0 Tech Doc ship date ] >... Personally, I think >it is pretty poor to release the system before the dox are ready, but I am >still patient with the company because of their young age and their lack of >vaporware. I have not seen them grossly miss a deadline yet. ^^^^^^^^^ Not wanting to start another flame war, but doesn't the current situation count as vaporware? That is, the product (in this case, technical documentation) has been promised, but hasn't appeared yet. True, it's not the end of December yet, but who actually believes that Next will get the docs shipped with all the holiday hullaballoo? I too am patient with Next, if only because I want to see 'em squoosh IBM's butt, but the not-yet-shipping Nextbus chip is beginning to look like vaporware. Dare I say that the tech docs are also turning to vapor before our very eyes? Bob
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