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From: pff@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Pablo Fernicola)
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Subject: Third Party Software Pricing
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Date: 3 Dec 89 15:58:03 GMT
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This Friday we had a demo on some 3rd party software for the NeXT (Artisan
and others).  I asked the person from NeXT about the pricing of software,
eg. if it would be in the range of workstations' software ($1000's) or
personal computers ($100's).  He said that NeXT encourages third party
developers to treat the cube as a personal computer and to price their
products accordingly.

I found this reassuring for my main fear about buying a NeXT was in the
pricing of the software.  Now, one barrier is down, all I am waiting for
is third party software to be out.
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pff@beach.cis.ufl.edu - Pablo Fernicola - Machine Intelligence Laboratory - UF
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