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From: dennisg@kgw2.UUCP (Dennis Glatting)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Who will buy the NeXT
Summary: i have
Keywords: NeXT
Message-ID: <132@kgw2.UUCP>
Date: 2 Dec 89 14:50:12 GMT
References: <964@abvax.UUCP>
Organization: Xetron Corp, Cincinnati Ohio
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In article <964@abvax.UUCP>, jaz@abvax.UUCP (Jack A. Zucker) writes:
> Since I am interested in doing software development on the NeXT platform,
> I've been following this thread with particular interest. I've got a question:
> Has anyone bought a system from Businessland or are most of you NeXT users
> college students, etc. 


i'm doing a redundant global satellite system using two NeXTs which are
geographically dispersed.  i bought two from the cincinnati BuisnessLand.
i can accept your critizm that they cost too much, but in my case i
was desperate.  the cost of the hardware was very small compared
to the dollars i was loosing in inactive programmer time.

as for my system i four satellite transceiver to communicate with.  three
of them directly.  the NeXT with its threads is a good solution, although
it isn't real-time.  my only real problem i've had so far is:
1. lack of coordination in the documentation area.  we're constantly
   having to try things to determine their effect.  also we have to
   tear through the stuff in /usr/include to find things, like what's
   the difference between port_t and port_name_t.
2. Objective-C.  i not sure whether to critize the language (which
   is very easy to do) or its implementation.  perhaps it wouldn't be
   such a pain if i took the developer class (i suspect it might
   no have made a difference).

of the twenty some tasks we have to write, only three interface with
the operator, therefore our O-C is minimal.

things are progressing well, although not as well as i had 
anticipated.

bottom line---i'd use the NeXT platform again with no reservations.
threads make it better than a Sun.



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      + Dennis P. Glatting
      + Xetron Corporation
      + Cincinnati, Ohio
      +  I want my own NeXT, 16 MB RAM,
      +    660 MB SCSI, NeXT Printer.
      +    Accepting Donations.
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