Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!caen!uflorida!serc.cis.ufl.edu!mfi From: mfi@serc.cis.ufl.edu (Mark Interrante) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: System 7.0 vs. NeXT Step Message-ID: <26802@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 8 Feb 91 20:26:56 GMT References: <1991Feb5.013654.4045@NCoast.ORG> <1991Feb8.003934.5763@csn.org> <1991Feb08.174850.12980@convex.com> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: mfi@serc.cis.ufl.edu (Mark Interrante) Distribution: comp Organization: UF CIS Department Lines: 25 In article <1991Feb08.174850.12980@convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes: >In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: >>People who buy SE's want a typewriter. Many people who use >>Illustrator, FrameMaker, etc. can afford to buy a NeXT. I hope that >>they're not using these programs on a Classic. > >Let me put this in terms that maybe you can understand. People who >buy SEs usually buy them because they can't afford more expensive machines. ... > perhaps they should ponder whether or not Steve Jobs, back >in the days before he sold his first Apple, could have put down that >sort of money to buy a NeXT. When Apple introduced the MacII and people were suprised at the high cost, Apple said that adjusting for inflation the MacII (87 prices) was about the same price as the first appleII. Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Interrante Software Engineering Research Center mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu CIS Department, University of Florida 32611 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote from a west Texas farmer "status quo is Latin for the mess we're in."