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From: ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000UX competition
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Date: 6 Dec 90 01:23:03 GMT
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jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes:

>I am not very interested in comparing the 68040 A3000UX until it exists.

>And as it seems that 68030 A3000UX is about the same price that 68040
>NeXT it is not difficult to decide which one to take (for me!). There is
>nothing very special in the A3000UX, after all. (I don't care for a
>forthcoming "the only right thing" Unix you were talking about.)

Ah, a few things I want to throw in here (there is a lot of re-hashing)

1) What is the end-user price for the NeXT's? (not the devel., ed.)
   Business will buy the cheapest (hey, its a business, right?)

2) The A3000 is more than a UNIX box.  It has a LOT secial about it.

3) Someone mentioned somewhere to expect great software for the NeXT due
   to minimal mem. configurations for the machine 8 megs (the developers
   could expect a lot of memory, disk space too).  Well, we are talking
   about OpenLook->X software applications, not AmigaOS (which is maturing
   at a wonderful rate :).

Well, I'll take a 3000.  PS to amigans: ftp the turrican demo on hubcap
or abcfd.  REAL GOOD.

Oh well, send all flames and "incorrect spellings :)" -> comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc


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