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From: wag1@cbnewsl.att.com (d.wagley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
Summary: Deja Vu
Message-ID: <1990Nov8.195530.17113@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 8 Nov 90 19:55:30 GMT
References: <1990Nov6.222023.8572@midway.uchicago.edu> <1990Nov7.185237.27278@agate.berkeley.edu>
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In article <1990Nov7.185237.27278@agate.berkeley.edu>, aloh@volcano.Berkeley.EDU (Andy Loh) writes:
> 
> I personally think that the NeXT is just not practical enough for everyday 
> use.  As many people have pointed out, the NeXT's software selection is
> extremely limited.  Most, if not all, of what is currently available either
> comes with the machine, or in a software supplement.  With the Mac, there's
> a program for practically every conceiveable use.  Let's see you NeXT people 
> get an address book program or a game at the spur of the moment.  With the
> Mac, just go down to your local software store, or call any of the mail order
> houses toll free for next day delivery.  The NeXT simply cannot, and probably
> will not ever, be as practical as a Mac.  As I've told a friend, the NeXT is
> a nice piece of hardware, with no software to boot.

Seems I remember hearing this same argument from the DOS people when
I bought my mac. Anybody remember when Macpaint and MacWrite were just
about the only software around for the Mac?

					Doug