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From: bluneski@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Bob Luneski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Educational Discounting
Keywords: Considering that Atari is attempting to market a 68030 based, pricey
Message-ID: <9941@pogo.WV.TEK.COM>
Date: 11 Oct 90 16:01:37 GMT
References: <2583@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> <8938@milton.u.washington.edu>
Reply-To: bluneski@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Bob Luneski)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville,  OR.
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In article <8938@milton.u.washington.edu> iho@akbar.UUCP (Il Oh) writes:
>In article <2583@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> crouland@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Enemy Skater) writes:
>>discounting program that will entice more students into dropping $4000 into
>>an atari as opposed to picking up a NeXT 68040 for a mere $3200 after discount?
>
>The NeXT configuration you mention (I assume it's the "pizza" box) comes with
>a limited software bundle.  Among the things left out are the LISP and C
>languages.  

Wrongo! I don't know about LISP but All NeXT machines are shipped with C
standard(with Objective C extensions and a very nice Interface Builder
(resource construction set))  As for your claim of a limited software
bundle, in addition to real UNIX and a host of utilities you get a 
professional word processor(WriteNow), the complete digital Webster
Dictionary, NeXTmail mail system, Lotus IMPROV spreadsheet, and if you
buy through the educational program you get Mathematica!  Now compare that
to what you get with a TOS machine: Atari Basic - BFD.  The hardware
superiority of the NeXT machine is beyond debate.

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  Bob Luneski          bluneski@pogo.WV.TEK.COM           Genie: B.LUNESKI1
                                                                         
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