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Subject: Re: Duesseldorf: personal impression of the TT(T)
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Date: 1 Sep 89 18:46:06 GMT
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In article <1670@atari.UUCP> apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
>>>It is the cheapest workstation of that power around (about 1/2 the price
>>>of comparable competitors here in Germany).
>
>You can say that again.  Please, people, remember that when you compare
>the TT with a Next machine, for instance, you're talking about roughly
>4x the price!  JT's motto is Power Without the Price, and we think
>we're giving you just that.
>
>============================================
>Opinions expressed above do not necessarily	-- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
>reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.	  ...ames!atari!apratt

Well, with the NeXT, you get scads of fine software (mathematica!) megabytes
of data (websters, bartletts) [what appears to be] a progressive programming
environment (objective C and mach) with extended utilities and system
software (dispaly PS) and a funky box :-) 

The T^2 will not be a NeXT killer (and Atari doesn't seem to be promoting 
it that way) simply because there won't be a common environment (software)
that will bring T^2 users together.  I don't mean that it won't be a success,
just that any type of success Atari has with the T^2 will not be the type
of success that NeXT has with it's box. 

[I don't like the name TT.  T^2 (T-squared) is easier on my toungue]

&  John Kawakami
&  laba-1aj@web.berkeley.edu
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