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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: NeXT | I love my SE (was:68040 for the Mac?
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Date: 18 Feb 91 19:23:23 GMT
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>Maybe so.  I'm still skeptical and I'll believe it when I see it.  I
>remember all the hype around the Amiga for its first year and it's still
>a fairly minor player in the market.  To be fair though, NeXT seems to be
>much more organized and focused than Commodore ever has been, IMHO.
>
	Part of this is because the computer community druels
whenever Steve Jobs opens his mouth. He has gotten constant
attention for anything he does, as well as ENORMOUS financial
backing. He has had a certain amount of respect from day 1.
	Commodore, meanwhile, doesn't have anywhere near the
financial resources of NeXT (primarily due to very low costs [no
salesmen 8] and certain individuals). Commodore is also ignored
by all the so called "computer insiders". I have seen instances
where the name "Commodore" was purposely removed from articles (I
saw the article it was based on). Commodore has a lot of proving
to do to recover from the C-64 game-machine image. NeXT had a
head-start.
	This is comp.sys.MAC.misc, isn't it?? 8-)
	-- Ethan


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