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From: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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Date: 9 Nov 90 22:03:15 GMT
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> The other main topic on this thread has been the issue of Mac vs.
> NeXT for non-hackers. I have to laugh at this one - 99% of the people
> I know and work with who use Macs without much help from anybody
> would be hopelessly lost trying to use a NeXT or any other UNIX
> workstation, with or without a layered GUI, no matter how good the
> GUI might be. The NeXT may be a wonderful workstation for programmers
> and scientific researchers, but it's not a machine for the masses. 
> 
> John Norstad Academic Computing and Network Services
	
	I agree with this completely, No matter what you do, eventually
	somewhere along the line if you "own" the machine, you are going
	to have to get down & dirty in the OS (Unix) of the NeXT, and
	there is no way that Joe Average user is going to be able to
	figure out how to make effective use of many things under Unix.
	Whereas the Mac can have its problems that take some time to
	figure out, its no where near as complicated as Unix, it is not
	and never will be for the masses, no matter what you slap in
	front of it.

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