Ed:

I have seen the Be machine and I was very pleased with every aspect of
it. There was talk of Apple buying BeOS. I think BeOS would have been
perfect for us microscopy related folks. I sure hope this company makes
it.

Badri Roysam
Associate Professor
Advanced Imaging Systems Laboratory
Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street, Troy, New York 12180-3590.
Office(JEC 6046): 518-276-8067, Lab(JEC 6308): 518-276-8207, Fax: 518-276-6261
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On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Ed Monberg wrote:

> >Interestingly, Apple Corp. appears to have decided to buy NeXt Step, so
> >UNIX may be on the verge of either
> >        (i) gaining an 50 million new users; or
> >        (ii) going bust altogether along with Apple (I hope not!!!!!).
> >
> >Badri Roysam
>
> Through the Perifocal Business Scope:
> You read, saw, and heard it here:
>
> I predict that Power Computing, with faster and more interesting hardware,
> now with BeOS, with better pricing, will become the rising star, and THEN
> it will support both Be + NEXT on its future platforms while Apple slowly
> fades under the shadow of Sun, Sgi and other UNIX (nee' NEXT) platforms
> with more performance/$.
>
> I also predict that the BeOS, which loads in 10 seconds or so, has memory
> protection, and some wonderful "Close-to-real-time" behavior which will
> attract hoardes of imaging, and machine process developers who would like a
> nice human interface with their real-time event control software, may show
> up on the front ends of one or two confocals.
>
> Place your bets,
> Save this note,
> and check back with me in 12 months !
>
> Cheers, Ed
>