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From: ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore at FCC
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Date: 20 Sep 90 18:05:39 GMT
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In article <83786@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Jeff Martens <martens@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:
>In article <22107@grebyn.com> ckp@grebyn.UUCP (Checkpoint Technologies) writes:
>
>	[ ... speaking of the new NeXts ]
>
>>The shockers: It sports a 25MHz 68040, yes, an Oh Forty.  And the list
>>price is $4995.
>
>I think this is exactly what Sun is advertizing the SLC for.  Looks
>like a bit of competition, but if the interface is no better than on
>the original NeXt box, I'll take the Sun.

Yes, similar price: the Sparcstation SLC is a 17" monitor (B&W vs 4
greys), 8 Meg, SunOS (vs Mach 2.?), no hard drive (vs. 105 Meg).  The
NeXT also has WriteNow (WYSIWYG word processor), Lotus Improv
spreadsheet (included free; it's a special offer until end of 1990),
between 3 and 7 more MIPS (depending on who you believe).  The
NeXTstation display can be upgraded to color, or can be bought in
color configuration for about $3000 more.  The SLC is permanently
monochrome.

If you prefer the Sun, then that's fine, it's a nice machine.  It has
scads more applications for business, engineering, scientific, and
vertical markets.  But I think the SPARCstation 1 (or that other new
sparc I can't remember what it's called) is a closer comparison in
features.  Then the NeXTstation has a much lower price.

Another point: the Gov't has declared that all Unix systems it shall
purchase shall be POSIX.  AT&T V.4 is; Mach, and therefore the NeXT,
isn't.  SunOS 4.? is/will be.  That's a pretty large market to lose, I
think...
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