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From: chari@nueces.cactus.org (Chris Whatley)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: WOULD *YOU* BUY A NeXT COMPUTER? (Read even if you wouldn't)
Message-ID: <1989Dec19.035238.23459@nueces.cactus.org>
Date: 19 Dec 89 03:52:38 GMT
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eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) writes:

>In <317@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Geoffrey Amthor wrote:
>> Fans and flamers alike share one uncertainty, however: Will the NeXT
>> succeed in the marketplace?

>Why should I buy Steve Jobs's Mac-on-steroids closed-architecture box when
>I can get cheaper, faster commodity iron with better standards conformance
>based on the 386?

Because it is cool, of course. :-) What standards are you referring to anyway?

Chris
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