Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!gatech!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: <0e7G?aai1@cs.psu.edu> Date: 6 Apr 91 07:18:24 GMT References: <1991Apr6.054943.4408@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Distribution: comp Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu's message of 6 Apr 91 05:49:43 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws5.sys.cs.psu.edu The Press Release posting was just to answer the FAQ: how many NeXTs has NeXT solds? Well, in Q1 1991, it was officially 8,000 machines. I didn't really read much into the "Professional Workstation Shipments" except that Sun et. al. sell higher priced machines than NeXT, like > $30,000. The overall numbers are interesting, since they include DEC's 5000 and 2100(3100?), and IBM's RS/6000 series. It's really hard to call. The NeXT is somewhere b/w the workstation market and the PC(generic) market. How many should they have sold? How many Mac IIci's did Apple sell, and how many Amiga 3000's did Commodore sell? -Mike