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From: #admiral@m-5.Sun.COM (Michael Limprecht SUN Microsystems Mt. View Ca.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release
Summary: Yeah, right...
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Date: 9 Apr 91 16:33:09 GMT
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In article <?#3Ga72i1@cs.psu.edu>, melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
> 
> From comp.sys.next.
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> From: jclee@cory.Berkeley.EDU (James C. Lee)
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
> Subject: NeXT Press Release
> Date: 5 Apr 91 08:37:50 GMT
> Reply-To: jclee@cory.Berkeley.EDU (James C. Lee)
> Organization: University of California, Berkeley
> 
> 
> The following is NeXT's press release on April 4. In the release it
> has 2 figures showing Q1'91 UNIX Workstation Shipments:
> 
> 	SUN	44,000
> 	HP	20,000
> 	DEC	 8,000
> 	IBM	12,000
> 	NeXT	 8,000
> 
> On Professional Workstation Shipments:
> 
> 	SUN	11,000
> 	NeXT	 8,000
> 	HP	 3,000
> 	DEC	 1,000
> 	IBM	 1,000
> 
> Here's the release:
> 
> NeXT SHIPS 8,000 CPUs IN FIRST QUARTER  Makes  NeXT  One  of
> Leading Professional Workstation Vendors
> 
>         All of NeXT's shipments were into  the  professional
> workstation category, making NeXT one of the leading vendors
> in this segment.  Professional workstations,  unlike  tradi-
> tional  scientific/technical workstations, are UNIX worksta-
> tions designed for non-technical users.
> 
>         "In our first full quarter shipping the new systems,
> we  think NeXT has nearly matched market leader Sun in ship-
> ments to the professional workstation segment," said  Steven
> P.  Jobs,  president and CEO of NeXT.  "Customers are begin-
> 
> 
What marketeze!  At least if your going to make up a market segment
you could at least think of one where your the leader.

Mick

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