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From: bruce@atncpc.UUCP (Bruce Henderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: An unfulfilled promise...
Summary: BZZZT.  Guess again.
Message-ID: <324@atncpc.UUCP>
Date: 24 Aug 90 16:58:24 GMT
References: <1990Aug21.192315.21087@midway.uchicago.edu>
Organization: Ashton Tate NCPC, San Jose, CA.
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In article <1990Aug21.192315.21087@midway.uchicago.edu>, gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
> ----------- 
> 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.
> 

Yes, 
	It does seem unlikely, but Ashton - Tate has been getting 
machines at a steady trickle.  And the serial numbers do seem to
be following that pattern (we get 1 or 2 every month).

I think 15,000 to 20,000 is a liberal estimate.  Probably
12,000 to 15,000.

Bruce Henderson