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From: daugher@cs.tamu.edu (Dr. Walter C. Daugherity)
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Subject: Re: The lawyer
Summary: buy a NeXT and a consultant
Keywords: novice computer users
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Date: 3 Oct 90 00:46:24 GMT
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In article <90275.162540UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) writes:
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>A friend of mine, a high priced lawyer in a big downtown firm, wants
>to buy a computer.  He and his law firm are both pretty computer
>illiterate.  He has narrowed it down to a MacII or a NeXT.
>He'll spend about $7,000 and can get the educational discount due
>to a faculty appointment at the local U.

>I know this doesn't give you much to go on, but hey.

>Should he get the NeXT?

Sure, provided he budgets another $7,000 for a consultant (like you, natch!)
to train him.  Novice users, particularly executives and professionals, often
have grandiose expectations.  Tell him it's like buying a Formula 1 race car:
he needs some expert instruction.


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