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From: olsenc@kodiak.ee.washington.edu (Clint Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: Great Deal on NeXTStep
Date: 16 Mar 1995 19:34:34 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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References: <D51Dv8.4ov@nbn.com> <1995Mar9.161357.5191@rgfn.epcc.edu> <D5EpwB.rF9@ns1.nodak.edu> <D5HzoF.1FM@ritz.mordor.com>
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In article <D5HzoF.1FM@ritz.mordor.com>,
Steven Borrelli <borrelli@ritz.mordor.com> wrote:

>Within the next year you will be able to use the GNU/OpenStep API on nearly
>every platform out there, including Windows 95/NT. Your cool OO programs 
>will have awsome functionality and (hopefully) compile straight across 
>multiple platforms, without having to abandon your native OS.
>
>Why don't you take another look?

So, where are you getting this "within the next year" figure from?  GNU
doesn't commit to release dates, so how can you be so sure?

-Clint