Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!sbcs!csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu!dsherif From: dsherif@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu (Darin D Sheriff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: NeXT vs. Amiga ad infinitum. Message-ID: <1990Dec8.023853.21149@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Date: 8 Dec 90 02:38:53 GMT References: Sender: usenet@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Usenet poster) Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook Lines: 40 In article WHE46@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (Marc Barrett) writes: > > All this incessant quibling in comp.sys.amiga and alt.religion.computers >reminds me of two people fighting in a burning house. The point about >which system is better between the NeXTStation and the Amiga 3000UX is >moot because neither system is likely to succeed in the workstation market. > > For Iowa State's Project Vincent research grant, ISU is getting a large >number of DECStation 2100 systems from DEC for approximately $3000 each. >These are RISC systems with approximately the same overall performance >as a 25Mhz 68030 system, and include a 104M hard drive, 12M of RAM, 19" >1280x1024 monochrome monitor, ethernet connectivity, and (of course) ULTRIX >and DECWindows (derivitives of UNIX, X-Windows, and Display PostScript). > > There is no way that either Commodore or NeXT are going to succeed >against systems like these from a company like DEC. For one thing, the >strength of the company behind a product is VERY important to most >edicational institutions and corporations, and the fact that DEC is >stronger (by far) than both NeXT and Commodore combined is enough to >tip most of these types of buyers in favor of DEC. > > Even if NeXT and Commodore priced their systems less than the systems >from DEC, most buyers would still opt for DEC because of the very reasons >I stated above. NeXT Inc. is a very unstable company, and may not be >around a year from now. And although Commodore is a stronger company >than NeXT, Commodore has a very unstable management that could completely >pull out of the workstation market at any given moment. Combine these >with the higher cost of the systems from both companies, and you have a >formula for disaster. This can be verified by DEC's proven track record >in the workstation market. > > > -MB- ^^^^^ Oh lord! Here we go again. -- Darin Sheriff. Just a College student with an Amiga. "According to the classical laws of Aerodynamics, it is impossible for a bumblebee to fly." --- DR WHO --- Disclaimer: Wasn't me.