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From: agm@cs.brown.edu (Axel Merk)
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Subject: Jobs in Boston
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Date: 29 Nov 90 22:13:54 GMT
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Steve Jobs' presentation at yesterday's BCS meeting was quite
impressive. Here are some things that were mentioned you might be
interested in:

- 15,000 machines were on order at the announcements. This number has
  risen to about 20,000.
- About 2,500 machines will be shipped by the end of this year.
- Steve referred to NeXT's former distribution methods for
  medium-sized companies as a 'dumb idea.' NeXT is looking for
  distribution channels for the general public.
- Novell-client and Appletalk software will be provided in the course
  of next year: as bundled software.
- We can expect some news on video compression next year.

Oh yes, EPS, I'll need your help: the new, patented busy-cursor, is
spinning too fast for my taste: could you write a 'narcissus' to keep
that thing still? :-)

Axel