The computer age: still a work in progress

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Computer industry analysts find on the tenth anniversary of the personal computer that although sales have far exceeded IBM's original expectations, microcomputer usage has still not overtaken many aspects of society as originally predicted. Microcomputers have caused the typewriter to disappear from many companies and have given many users capabilities that used to be the domain of large corporations. Many early visions, however, about the use of the personal computer have still not been fulfilled. Microcomputers are still difficult to use for many and in some cases still floods paper into offices that many predicted would become paperless. Many people have no compelling reason to have a computer in their home unlike the need for a telephone or television. Some analysts feel that overall office productivity has not improved and some feel that workers have the opportunity to make too many revisions. Many experts feel, however, that the computers in the 1990's with increases in speed and capacity will be easier to use and so versatile that they will be able to automate entire businesses.

Microcomputers, Technology, End users, Computer history, User Need, Trends, Microcomputer, History of Computing

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Compaq and Dell may use Nextstep system

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Compaq Computer Corp and Dell Computer Corp are deciding if they should manufacture computers that can run Next Computer Inc's Nextstep operating system. Next is planning to start a new campaign designed to find companies and systems that can run Next software. Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and founder of Next, has not seen consistently high sales for his company. Nextstep is based on the UNIX operating system and is popular for its easy customization and programming. Among several new products slated for announcement at the Nextworld show in late January 1992, Next will release a version of Nextstep that can run on the Intel 80486 microprocessor. Sources have not yet indicated whether Dell and Compaq would sell machines that come with the Nextstep operating system as the main system or if these machines would simply offer Nextstep as one option. While Next needs the support, Dell had already pledged to support Sun's operating systems. Compaq, a member of the ACE consortium, had aligned itself with Windows NT and Unix.

Prepackaged software, Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Product development, Compaq Computer Corp., CPQ, Operating systems (Software), Operating systems, Marketing, Dell Inc., DELL, Operating System, Strategic Planning, NeXT Computer Inc., Marketing Agreements, NeXTstep (Operating system)

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