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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT rumors
Message-ID: <5528@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 21 Aug 89 19:38:29 GMT
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Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.tti.com (The Polymath)
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In article <5792@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> jans@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Jan Steinman) writes:
}<All this talk about new machines that may or may not be compatible with the 
}current Cube certainly cause me some concern about buying a current 
}generation...>

}It would certainly be nice if NeXT were to break with the tradition of screwing 
}early adopters, but I'm not holding my breath.  When you're looking at 
}exponential growth, it's easy to write off the good will of your early 
}customers.  (On the other hand, since they're such a small lot, it doesn't cost 
}much to keep them on your side, either!)

We had a NeXT demonstration here last week.  I expressed similar concerns
to the demonstrators.  They assured me NeXT is very concerned about
upgrade paths and keeping its customer base up to date.  Their plan is to
make upgrades cheap and easy enough that everyone will get them.  This
saves them and the third party vendors from having to write code for
different versions of the system or, worse, writing for the lowest common
denominator.  They told me the upgrade from .9 to 1.0 will be free.
Considering the media it comes on sells for $99 a copy, I'd say they're
putting their money where their mouth is.

(On the other hand, all this information came from sales critters.  I wish
I'd read this group before I attended the demonstration.  I'd have been
armed with more useful questions).

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