Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!midway!quads.uchicago.edu!sado From: sado@quads.uchicago.edu (robert anthony sadowski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!! Message-ID: <1990Nov5.011317.6151@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 5 Nov 90 01:13:17 GMT References: <1990Nov4.201838.26983@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 37 "We don't think NeXT will have a big market share, and we allocate our market resources based on market share ...We think that the NeXT computer is an incredibly innovative machine, but our resources are commited to other players. Besides, NeXT doesn't make it easy for you to develop for that platform." -Gordon Eubanks, President of Symantec. (Macworld, October 1990) Enough said about the rush of developers porting to the NeXT. (Keep in mind that these opinions are not mine, but a quote taken verbatim from the magazine) Who is buying the thing anyway ? (besides University users ?) If you want to get general purpose apps, there has to be an installed base of 'general purpose users'. I don't see this happening in the near future. Look at the only authorized dealer (outside of educational institutions). Businessland. The marketing wizards who dumped their Compaq authorized dealership. Some of you might have heard of Compaq. They are the IBM compatible maker whose machines make up the majority of PC network servers. As for the idea that Jobs is 'carrying the torch' and Apple hasn't been innovative without him, he was running the company into the ground !!!!!!!!!! I think that anyone who has this idea needs to stop listening to the media hype about how great Jobs is and actually get some facts. Try reading "West Of Eden-The End of the Innocence at Apple Computer" , "Accidental Millionaire" or Sculley's own "Odyssey". I think the guy's great, but it scares me to think where the Mac might be if he was still at Apple. Finally, the comparisons between the NeXT and the Mac at its inception aren't really valid. The Mac was so radically different than the PC. The NeXT machine is actually pretty similar to the AVERAGE user. I've used a NeXT on several occasions. It's really nice. Sure it's much more powerful, and I'd love to see those features on a Mac someday (today, tomorrow, the day after, whatever) but I can wait. I'm buying an fx. Robert Sadowski -- sado@midway.uchicago.edu The University Of Chicago