NeXTTime and Other News
Charles.M.Dudley.
This will allow mime video portions to be mailed via Mail.app.
If any of you users are having problems, you might want to consider
contacting Ingrim Micro for your end user answers. NeX
NeXT Computer, Inc. has also started an end-user program. Contact
NeXT Computer, Inc. Headquarters for information.
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Nick Kline
Charles.M.Dudley. <war...@churchst.ccs.itd.umich.edu> wrote:
>NeXTTime is reportedly to ship in NeXT Computer, Inc.'s Third quarter.
>This will allow mime video portions to be mailed via Mail.app.
Cool. This of course implies two things.
1) that next will have a mime mailer (and they really really need one)
maybe they hired Mark Crispin. I haven't seen a post from
him lately :-) (duck, and cover)
2) that they will send out a new release of their os. since never
in the past did they send out BUGFIXES, (those #$ksss#@*!,...
where was I?) and this means there will probably be a 3.3.
I predict here that 3.2 will need to be altered a bit so that it will be
OpenStep compliant, and thus we'll get 3.3.
I also predict all things will break :-), ha, just kidding. Hopefully we can
avoid System 7.0 type debacles.
So, where did this tidbit come from?
-nick
Mark Crispin
They have, however, been working on a MIME mailer (presumably a MIME version
of Mail.app) for at least a year; more likely two years. I've attempted to
convince them -- without obvious success -- that wrapping a Content-Type of
APPLICATION/X-NEXTMAIL around Mail.app format does not constitute ``MIME
support'' even if it follows the letter of RFC-1521.
The key is interoperability, folks.
There hasn't been all that much mailing of video in MIME. Since the only
defined MIME video type right now is MPEG, I wonder if this means that NeXT
intends to support MPEG in NeXTTime...
Michael S. Barthelemy
> I predict here that 3.2 will need to be altered a bit so that it will be
> OpenStep compliant, and thus we'll get 3.3.
> I also predict all things will break :-), ha, just kidding. Hopefully we
> can avoid System 7.0 type debacles.
According an article in the most recent NeXTWORLD (And what I personally
expect.) there will be a 3.3 release for adding HP support and a 3.4
release for Sparc support. I imagine they could uncouple the user and
developer version numbers and release only developer upgrades at that time
but I think it's unlikely. This also gives NeXT two chances to charge
everyone for upgrades.
Mike Barthelemy
NEXTSTEP Developer
m...@its.com
Ron Pomeroy x(Coop)
What I have heard is that the compression technology will be pluggable -
whatever that means. Maybe this is how they intend to support QuickTime and
Microsoft's AV formats....?
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Ronald Pomeroy
Advanced Micro Devices
CAM Applications Group
rpom...@aunext1.amd.com
Hironobu SUZUKI
In article <MS-C.760899548...@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> Mark Crispin <m...@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> writes:
>>defined MIME video type right now is MPEG, I wonder if this means that NeXT
>>intends to support MPEG in NeXTTime...
Hi, Mark!
NeXTime have used Wavelet technology that was developed by French
engineer to analyze geological features. NeXTime was a first
application(kernel patched system?) that I have ever heard to use
Wavelet for video. It means that Wavelet is not standard technology
for video compression. I agree with you to support MPEG in NeXTime. I
think that it's easy for NeXT's stuff. But, now most important thing
is to success to use Wavelet in NeXTtime. If someone want to see MPEG
video on NeXTSTEP, he/she should use other MPEG application on
NeXTSTEP. Is it too slow to play video on NeXTSTEP?, maybe.
I heard such humor that NeXTime also included some cipher technology
and NeXT,Inc. couldn't ship to outside US. I don't know humor was true
or not. If it was true, NeXTime should support MEPG insted of Wavelet
for shipping outside US.
--hironobu