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Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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Date: 6 Nov 90 03:18:20 GMT
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(Jason W. Anthony) writes:
>Well, fair enough.  But if you don't think 15,000 orders before the machine
>is even in production(!) isn't the start of momentum, I hate to think what

(Larry Rosenstein) answers:
>And Apple had orders for 125,000 of the new low-cost Macs.

Good for Apple!  Good thing NeXTs and low-cost Macs are not in the same 
market. 15,000 orders for a workstation-class machine in two months DOES
represent the start of momentum.  125,000 orders for a $1000 PC may or may
not represent a success story.

gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
>A fellow I know runs a large (400 machine +) MIS shop.  He has developed
>for the NeXT (had one at home) and is a unix guru, but has been unimpressed
>with its record in the past two years.  Suffice it to say that despite the
>new NeXT machines they are going totally A/UX.

Yes, NeXT's record in the business market has been unimpressive for the
last two years.  However, NeXT 2.0 really looks very impressive and IS
attracting the attention of large businesses and government agencies.  
Much of the 15,000 initial orders were to these groups. 

One question, did your MIS friend make his decision to go with A/UX before
or after checking out the NeXT 2.0 machines?  And another question, what
does he think of the NeXT development environment and 4.3 BSD vs. A/UX?