Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!taurus!aldebaran!schweige From: schweige@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT-bashing party (hit "n" if you're not interested :-))ex Message-ID: <2022@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil> Date: 31 Mar 91 01:27:12 GMT References: <1991Mar29.130758.1@dev8.mdcbbs.com> Reply-To: schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) Distribution: na Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA Lines: 46 In article <1991Mar29.130758.1@dev8.mdcbbs.com> rivero@dev8.mdcbbs.com writes: >Okay guys. I used to be an Amiga developer. I still own 3 systems at home. >I am now a NeXT developer. Nobody paid me any money to do it, the NeXT >is simply a more powerful, capable computer. I feel it is this decades >Mac in terms of sales growth and market penetration, and so do my financial >backers. I still love the Amiga, but it has its place and the NeXT occupies a >different place. It's lie the car add where all the car salesman are saying >"BMW has * just like it"," BMW would build it this way","This is just like the >one ob the BMW", and the commercial tags with the line,"Why not OWN the BMW?" >Point is, you can dress up an Amiga, and it will stil be an Amiga. If you, or >your product, needs the power and capability of the NeXT, that's where you >should be. >'nough said. >Mike. I don't intend to knock the NeXT, I think that they have done some interesting things. I do wonder, though, whether or not they will really survive in the market place. Let's remember that they have apparently shipped less then 10% of the numbers of Amiga's that have shipped, and that from reports given here on the net are very backlogged in making deliveries (and are quite possibly losing sales because of it). The price-performance ratio for the NeXT is quite nice, nice enough so that I wonder if there is any real profit being made. Since NeXT is a privately held company, we don't get to find out how they are doing financially. On the other hand, we do know that Commodore is presently showing a profit, and that the Amiga, while certainly lacking the market penetration of MS-DOS machines, and Macs, does seem to be doing well in certain markets. As pointed out in the above post, though, it is useful to evaluate a machine for what it is, not for what it isn't. One should buy a machine that fits the users requirements. If the machine must have a 68040 _initially_, then the Amiga does not _yet_ fill the bill (although you may have to wait quite a while to get the NeXT that does come with the 68040). If you want an industry standard version of Unix, then the A3000UX with SVR4 may be much more appropriate then the Mac with A/UX or the NeXT. As far as my requirements went, I was quite happy with the Amiga (although I'd still like an Ada compiler, which I believe will come eventually. I note that the NeXT doesn't have an validated Ada compiler either). Jeff Schweiger -- ******************************************************************************* Jeff Schweiger Standard Disclaimer CompuServe: 74236,1645 Internet (Milnet): schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil *******************************************************************************