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From: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: An unfulfilled promise...
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Date: 21 Aug 90 18:20:27 GMT
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In article <322@atncpc.UUCP>, bruce@atncpc.UUCP (Bruce Henderson) writes...
[...]
>By the way,  I'd put the number sold to be "over 15,000" 
>personally.  This is because my machine is serial number
>2454, and was purchased 1yr and 5 months ago.  The ones
>we just recently obtained have serial numbers like 16233.
> 
>You figure it out.


As someone pointed out several months ago, it is unlikely that Next would
simply number their computers starting with 1 and counting up from there. 
Possible, but unlikely.  Why?  Well, for the reason given above: _everyone_ --
including competitors -- would know exactly how many machines had been sold. 
Not exactly information a company -- particularly a company not living up to
sales expectations -- would want to broadcast to the world.

Disclaimer: I have absolutely no inkling of how many Next's have been sold. 
Could be more, could be fewer.

Robert


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