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From: stefan@lbl-csam.arpa (Stefan gottschalk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: A kind word...
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Date: 22 Nov 89 00:24:16 GMT
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Hmm.  Everyone who experiences it says the NeXT has the best user interface 
around.  After all, just about everyone is accustomed to the Mac interface, so 
the NeXT comes across like an old friend.  But some of my peers are doubtful 
of the NeXT's value-  "it's too slow," or "it's too expensive," or "it doesn't 
have any software," or "it doesn't run X or any other window system anything's 
written for."  Well, frankly, I love my NeXT.  But many of the people whose 
opinion I respect most are very critical of the machine.  They say it won't 
(or shouldn't) survive.  This upsets me.  I need something to rebut with.  So, 
I'd like to know who out there believes the NeXT has a future in a world of 
Macintoshes, PCs, Sparcstations, etc., and why.  

E-mail me at stefan@csam.lbl.gov, or post if this issue is of common interest.

thanks,
	   stefan