Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!well!yoo From: yoo@well.sf.ca.us (Young-Kyu Yoo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: NeXT vs. Amiga ad infinitum. Message-ID: <22056@well.sf.ca.us> Date: 8 Dec 90 20:13:38 GMT References: Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 18 >NeXT, Inc. is a very unstable company, and may not be around a year from >now. It think it is Standard & Poors that gives NeXT its highest rating for financial stability. This is because of NeXT's very large capital base. Canon paid $100 million for 16% of NeXT. This makes NeXT a $600 million company. Couple this with the fact that NeXT only has several hundred employees and one of the most cost efficient manufacturing plants in the world (Fortune or Forbes had an article devoted to the NeXT factory alone), you have a company that will be around for quite a while. True may schools are stuck in the Sun/Dec mindset, but NeXT will make inroads with its new machines. Iowa State purchased 68030 Decs for $3000 each. It could have bought 68040 NeXTs for $3000 or less (the educational price of $3000-$3500 include institutional markups). Yes, procurement at many universities is often a political issue with little pretense to objectivity. But, the prices, power, and features of the NeXTs are gonna make some procurers take notice.