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From: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: Testimonials wanted from experienced Mac and NeXT programmers
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Date: 3 May 90 22:18:28 GMT
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In article <5076@hub.ucsb.edu>, Pete Gontier (6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu) writes...
 
>The Santa Barbara, California area NeXT user's group is putting together
>a newsletter.
> 
>We need testimonials from people know both the Mac and NeXT fairly well with
>respect to programming. Specifically, we are looking for those who feel
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>strongly that the NeXT is the far superior development platform. More
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>broadly, we are looking for testimonials from those who feel the NeXT is
>quite possibly the best development platform ever built.
[...]


What in the world is the point of this?  If you had stopped at "...know both
the Mac and Next fairly well with respect to programming." it might have been
an interesting newsletter.  By _pre-selecting_ the group and restricting it to
those who prefer the Next development environment, it renders the newsletter
somewhat meaningless.  Propaganda really.  

Who will read it?  People who think the Next has a great development
environment?  That's preaching to the converted: fun, but rather without point. 
Or should it be read by people who are unconvinced of the Next's development
platform's superiority?  I would assume that is what you're aiming for.  But
are you going to tell those people that the only people who were put in the
newsletter were those who said what you wanted them to say?  Not terribly
convincing, if I were trying to decide between the two.

Of course, this doesn't go to the merits of your opinion.  NextStep is indeed
more sophisticated than MacApp is some ways. 

Robert
      
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