Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!ctrsol!ginosko!usc!ucsd!hub!kiwi!dz
From: dz@kiwi.ucsb.edu (Daniel James Zerkle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT Policy
Message-ID: <2433@hub.UUCP>
Date: 5 Oct 89 05:21:11 GMT
References: <5572@tank.uchicago.edu> <5831@asylum.SF.CA.US> <89274.174058UH2@PSUVM.BITNET>
Reply-To: dz@kiwi.UUCP (Daniel James Zerkle)
Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara
Lines: 23

In article <89274.174058UH2@PSUVM.BITNET> UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) writes:
>As an additional point, I don't think that NeXT ever meant "student" when it
>said "academic,"

I beg to differ.  Many years back (NeXT is four years old!), when Mr.
Jobs was just starting things up, he fully intended to put out a machine
at a price students could afford.  I don't remember the price he was
originally shooting for, but I do remember it as something I could
conceivably handle, although it would be a sacrifice.  I know it wasn't
near $6500.  I guess things got a little out of hand.

Of course, for all the goodies you get in both hardware & software,
$6500 is a real bargain.  An external R/W optical drive by itself can
cost $5,000.  The display is probably worth a good $1500.  Everything
else is gravy.

Unfortunately, just because $6500 is a bargain doesn't mean I can
afford it.  'Twould be fun to take a NeXT home with me.

| Dan Zerkle home:(805) 968-4683 morning:961-2434 afternoon:687-0110  |
| dz@cornu.ucsb.edu dz%cornu@ucsbuxa.bitnet ...ucbvax!hub!cornu!dz    |
| Snailmail: 6681 Berkshire Terrace #5, Isla Vista, CA  93117         |
| Disclaimer: If it's wrong or stupid, pretend I didn't do it.        |