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From: mcgredo@prism.cs.orst.edu (Don McGregor)
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Subject: Re: Number of NeXT's sold
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Date: 22 Mar 91 18:46:46 GMT
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In article <3825@island.COM> chris@island.COM (Chris King) writes:
>
>Number of workstations shipped in 1990
>
>Sun 141,800
>HP 75,550
>Dec 62,500
>IBM 17,000
>Intergraph 14,470
>Sony 12,380
>NeXT 11,000    <=======
>SGI 9,400
>
   At the launch of the new NeXTs the company was supposed to have
   10,000 firm orders for new machines.  A couple months later Steve
   told a user group that this had gone up to 15,000.

   I've read, in InfoWorld I think, that Sun was selling workstations at
   the rate of over 200,000 per year. IBM is doing well with their new
   line; in fact, it was one of the few bright spots in their dismal
   earnings report that just came out.

   I'd guess that NeXT will sell around 25,000-35,000 units in the coming
   year.  That would put them in the second tier of workstation
   vendors, well below the Sun and HP biggies, but with enough market
   presence to make of go of it, I think.  They're also getting good
   penetration in the early adopter/pioneer class of users in my
   completely unscientific observation, which augers well for their long
   term health.

Don McGregor             | Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.  
mcgredo@prism.cs.orst.edu| Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.