Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!helios!tamuts!n368bq From: n368bq@tamuts.tamu.edu (Raoul Rodriguez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: A3000UX - Born to run UNIX SVR4 Message-ID: <12122@helios.TAMU.EDU> Date: 13 Feb 91 17:55:45 GMT References: <1991Feb8.134256.4811@cc.helsinki.fi> <1991Feb13.043800.29815@NCoast.ORG> Sender: usenet@helios.TAMU.EDU Organization: Texas A&M University Lines: 36 From: davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright) >IMHO the only reason the NeXT even gets any attention is that the company >is run by Jobs, who, all slander aside, is one of the biggest a--- (you get >the idea) in the industry. To anyone who knew anything about the REAL >Apple company, seeing Jobs get the credit for Apple computer is sickening, >when he had almost NOTHING to do with the technical aspects of the machine, >which if they were lacking, all the marketing in the world wouldn't have helped >back in the 70's. >Dave As I recall from a few years back, when the NeXT was introduced, it was all hype and no product, but then, they began shipping machines, and they were still all hype and little product, my favorite was that "Optical drives are the wave of the future, if you ain't got one you are long gone", now, the new NeXT's have no optical drive becuase they have proven that they aren't going to replace Hard Drives anytime soon... I also remeber reading about the big introductin that NeXT had, and how Steve Jobbs (the wonderkid) had made this company, and it was the best thing since sliced bread, I have a question, what is the market for a NeXT Cube? I can't find one (especailly at the price the Cube is asking...) All IMHO Raoul Rodriguez "Several errant electrons jumped when they shouldn't have at a place they shouldn't have, resulting in what shouldn't have. In short, a short." -Bloom County Standard disclaimers apply (within)