Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!news From: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Dr. William V. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT Positioning Problem Message-ID: Date: 11 Nov 90 23:56:21 GMT References: <56039@brunix.UUCP> <1990Nov11.215148.8528@rice.edu> <1990Nov11.230616.15911@agate.berkeley.edu> Sender: news@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Brigham Young University Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: knrgroup@garnet.berkeley.edu's message of 11 Nov 90 23:06:16 GMT In-reply-to: knrgroup@garnet.berkeley.edu's message of 11 Nov 90 23:06:16 GMT >That covers about half of the intended NeXT market. The other half is >business, and NeXT is getting some large orders from large businesses. Apple >never really cracked the Fortune 1000 market. It looks like NeXT is >starting to. This is correct. The Fortune 500 market has been cracked by NeXT, and in a pretty big way. A great many more than those announced 15,000 orders have been placed since Sept. 18th. I understand from an old accounting friend with one of the big 8 in San Francisco that (NeXT) company insiders are really worried about the shipping delays caused by late delivery of the 68040, because of the vapor rumors going around the business. Jobs had to do alot of fence mending recently with big clients. Apparently there was also a great deal of disappointment over other broken promises to NeXT from Motorola. Ok, I'll keep my mouth shut. You can kill the posts about comp.sys.next.rumors. -Bill- -- __________________Prof. William V. Smith____________________ EMail: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu or uunet!hamblin.math.byu.edu!smithw SMail: Math Dept. -- 314 TMCB; BYU; Provo, UT 84602 (USA) NeXTmail: smithw@mathnx.math.byu.edu Phone: +1 801 378 2061 FAX: +1 801 378 2800