Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!sbcs!eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu!dtiberio From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: <1991Apr8.155039.14094@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Date: 8 Apr 91 15:50:39 GMT References: <1991Apr7.042318.26991@sugar.hackercorp.com> <-o2G3=mj1@cs.psu.edu> Sender: usenet@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Usenet poster) Distribution: comp Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook Lines: 45 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 > Do you own an Amiga? You need one of those first! I have run Word Perfect, Lotus, and a Mac version of Excel with absolutely no problems. Who do you think you are? Go out and get a Timex Sinclair. running on a $1000 computer too! a500 $499 ATonce $260 old B+W TV $FREE 2.5 megs ram $250 The best part is when you get to multitask IBM programs and Amiga programs at the same time with less than 10% loss in speed! David -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN -- Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :)