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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release
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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1991 04:36:13 GMT

In article <-o2G3=mj1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>
>In article <1991Apr7.042318.26991@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>
>   "Professional workstations", eh? "We can't really sell that many systems so
>   we'll redefine our market segment to make us look good". Fine, then we'll
>   just define a market segment that includes the Amiga and excludes most of Apple
>   and IBM, and get results like these:
>
>	   Sales of personal workstations:
>
>		   IBM:		0
>		   Apple:		2000
>		   NeXT:		8000
>		   Commodore:	1,000,000
>
>
>Yeah, Commodore is #1.  Now when will I be able to run Word Perfect
>and Lotus(or Excel or Wingz or any big name spreadsheet) on it?
>
>-Mike
>  

	Now. Get an emulator. You can emulate both IBM and Amiga.
Another alternative altogether is to network to a machine running
X-Windows. Lots of options. You get a computer to do what you
want. If all you want is Lotus, don't get an Amiga. If you want
the best of what the Amiga offers, as well as those things not
available under AmigaDOS, get em both in one box!
	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.