Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!oliveb!amdahl!JUTS!duts!kls30 From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT-bashing party (hit "n" if you're not interested :-)) Message-ID: <15L002.N06Qt01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: 20 Mar 91 16:27:08 GMT References: <7724@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> <1991Mar17.031448.26855@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) Distribution: na Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 52 In article <1991Mar17.031448.26855@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes: >In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: >> >>In article <7724@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes: >> >> [ whole bunches of lines on the NeXT's availability deleted] >> >>A small price to pay for getting a chip (the 68040) fresh onto the >>market in a computer. Quite a few people ordered the new NeXT. Who >>can complain. However, I think Motorola is getting up to speed on on >>040 production. So, maybe the Amiga 4000 will be out in a year or >>two. For now, Amiga users can always pay for an Amiga 3000 then spend >>another $1500(or whatever it costs) to upgrade to the 040. > > It won't cost that much. In fact, it'll probably cost well under >$900 since I've seen 3 Amiga vendors quote $995 list for their 040 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since the '040 is $600-$700 in quatity 1000 I seriously doubt that a '040 board will cost much less than $900 I bet when they are released prices will be higher since Motorola wants payment in advance. That means small manufacturers will pric accordingly. >boards when they ship. > >>-Mike >> >>BTW: It feels good knowing that Word Perfect 5.0 runs on the NeXT. >If I were a developer faced with a choice of porting to the Amiga or >porting to the NeXT, I'd port to the Amiga simply because the user base The wise thing to do is port to the platform that can give max return for development time invested. The NeXT is the best platform in that case since Iterface Builder makes development a lot faster. >is about 2 orders of magnitude bigger. Only one thing could change my >mind, and that would be if someone offered me a large sum of money I really don't think Jobs paid for the ports. I think they saw a new market anf jumped on it. Remember in the software game he who gets there first gets market share. Get an installed base early and make it difficult for you competitors to move in when the market starts to boom. >to port to the smaller market. Hell, if the sum was large enough, I'd >port it to the CBM Pet computer. Money talks, I just wish Commodore >would raise it's voice a little. -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */