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From: sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Will the Next sell?
Keywords: NeXT competitors
Message-ID: <8788@asylum.SF.CA.US>
Date: 30 Nov 89 16:28:23 GMT
References: <21603@brunix.UUCP> <4283@helios.ee.lbl.gov> <30217@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <1989Nov26.041027.24776@NCoast.ORG> <1028@awdprime.UUCP>
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In article <1028@awdprime.UUCP> @cs.utexas.edu:ibmchs!auschs!woan.austin.ibm.com!ron writes:
>In article <21603@brunix.UUCP>, rca@brunix (Ronald C.F. Antony) writes:
>> You should not compare things that exist and such that don't.
>> A fair comparison, in a time when 486 have BUGS, is a 386.
>This is quite unfair as '486 machines are on the market from at least
>a half dozen manufacturers and the bugs have long since been
>corrected.  

I believe he's referring to bugs that were recently found within the
486 chip itself.  Having 486 boxes from other manufacturers doesn't
help in that case.