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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Next Factory <was: They Are shipping in volume???>
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Date: 14 Jan 91 19:12:59 GMT
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melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:

>NeXT does have one of the most efficient factories in the world.  I
>read an article about it in Fortune Magazine.  It's suppose to be as
>amazing as the NeXT computer.

	Yes, to judge by the Fortune article (and pictures) it is an
impressive facility, but it *is* only one, and they're very dependent on
their suppliers (Motorola, Sony, many others). It does, however, show
that with a little effort we *can* do it right here.

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