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From: nwickham@triton.unm.edu (Neal C. Wickham)
Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life.
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Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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Date: Fri, 05 Apr 91 21:46:40 GMT
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In article <3&8Ghkzh1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>
>True, NeXT isn't going to sell 1,000,000 machines a year with their
>current pricing structure, but they know this.  Their one factory can
>only produce 100,000 machines a year.  I'm just arguing that if you
>are going to spend $3300 ($5000 retail) on a computer, then the NeXT
>is (arguably) the best buy one can get for their money.
>
>
>-Mike


What will happen when Steve Jobs can no longer pay for software companies to
port to NeXT.  Will there be enough machines out there to make for a good 
software market?  The single biggest complaint people have about Amiga is that
you can't get software for it.  What will it by like for NeXT?

Snob appeal is a fine thing to market in sports cars or fashion, but you have
a problem doing it with computers.  


                                                 NCW