Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!dptg!ulysses!ucbvax!NIC.GAC.EDU!scott From: scott@NIC.GAC.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: SPARCstation 2 --> workstation wars Message-ID: <9010190354.AA06987@next-5.gac.edu> Date: 19 Oct 90 03:54:59 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 28 cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu (Chuck Herrick) writes: >In article <0093E5EF.ABEDCFA0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) writes: >>Now, what is NeXT going to do with all those old '030 boards? > >Well, they could ship them to John Scummey (or is the spelling >Sculley?) over at apple. They could use a good lesson in quality. Huh? I thought everyone already knew: Apple's going to ship a bunch of black Macs during April on '91, as a test. Then, since NeXT is currently going to sell a billion of the new machines, when the NeXT NeXT comes out, they'll send all the newly old boards to Apple again. Since by that time NeXT will be so far ahead of Apple (say, 1st quarter '92) that this will easily take care of Apple's needs. Hand-me downs, they're called. Of course, I've also heard rumors that the people at Apple are going to keep them all for their own offices . . . [ Sprinkle smileys liberally throughout this post. Here, I include a handy supply for you :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) ] scott hess scott@gac.edu Independent NeXT Developer (Stuart) NeXT Campus Consultant (Not much, really) GAC Undergrad (Horrid. Simply Horrid. I mean the work!)