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Subject: Re: NeXT Religion
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Date: 25 Sep 90 04:22:42 GMT
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From: barry@julia.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman)
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In article <20467@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> pvo@sapphire.OCE.ORST.EDU (Paul O'Neill) writes:
>
>Anyway, here's a  comment from that original meeting you might find
>interesting.  They were really interested in what the academic world
>wanted in a workstation.  They were very open to any and all suggestions.
>
>	"There is only one religious issue at NeXT -- no floppy disk."
>

After the machine became available, there were also numerous quotes of
Steve saying 


        "Its fair to say we bet the company on its [Optical Drive] success."

Just be glad their flexible, I guess.




Barry Merriman
UCLA Dept. of Math
UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research
barry@math.ucla.edu (Internet)