Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bu.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!helios!calvin.tamu.edu From: cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu (Chuck Herrick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: SPARCstation 2 --> workstation wars Message-ID: <9361@helios.TAMU.EDU> Date: 20 Oct 90 16:38:43 GMT References: <9010180146.AA09967@mcs-server.gac.edu> <2090@island.uu.net> Sender: usenet@helios.TAMU.EDU Organization: geodynamics research institute, texas a+m univ Lines: 16 In article <2090@island.uu.net> chris@island.uu.net (Chris King) writes: >.... I think that engineers >like the idea of mix and match software and hardware, however the >general public does not... >... >This is the market that NeXT is ultimatly after... No, this is the market that you THINK that NeXT is after. Big diff here. I THINK that what NeXT is all about is "having your cake and eating it too." Please, let us avoid forcing NeXT onto one side or the other of some seemingly dichotomous issue. Look for the solution that avoids choice. -- Chuck Herrick cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu