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From: jimt@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Jim Trivellas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: *** NeXT in Australia ??? ***
Message-ID: <6272@munnari.oz.au>
Date: 14 Dec 90 12:45:52 GMT
Sender: news@cs.mu.oz.au
Reply-To: jimt@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Jim Trivellas)
Organization: Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne
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G'day,
I have a few questions, and any help will be greatly appreciated.

[1].  Is there a chance that NeXT may be available in Australia in the
near future (like 1991/1992)?

I've heard a few things about it, like "... once Motorola starts producing
the '040 in large enough quantities ..." etc,etc.

[2].  From what I can gather, the so-called "educational discount" seems to
apply to anyone affiliated with an academic institution in the U.S.
Like, even students can buy a NeXT for personal use, at a good price!
Is this true?

The reason I ask this, is because in Australia "educational discounts" apply
only to purchases by academic institutions, for use only within the 
institution. (ie. even though I'm a full-time student, I can't get any
reduction in price whatsoever. The net result being that students in Australia
get ripped-off when they buy a computer system, when you consider that a NeXT
costing $4000US in the U.S, may cost me over $8000AUS, with the exchange rate 
being $1US = $0.80AUS).

[3].  If your answer to question 2 was "TRUE", then will the same policy be
adopted in Australia?   (PLEASE ???)

Presently, only Apple offers Macs to students at reduced rates, via the
University, and Microsoft does the same with some software packages. I'd like
to see others follow this trend!!!

Anyway, Thanks in Advance.

	See ya round,	Jim Trivellas.


PS.  Is there a chance of seeing a RISC NeXT in the (near) future ???


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  School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering.
  The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia.
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