Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!sara5!toon From: toon@news.sara.nl Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: NeXT in Europe, educational discounts and getting them in the first pla Message-ID: <1991Apr26.093814.2847@news.sara.nl> Date: 26 Apr 91 08:38:14 GMT References: <1991Apr21.060729.21077@rick.cs.ubc.ca> <1991Apr22.163450.1@sif.claremont.edu> <1504@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Lines: 27 In article , Gerhard.Moeller@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Gerhard Moeller) writes: > > Hello everybody. (exspecially those guys who work for NeXT) > > Just a few words from my point of view. (I'm German, studying Computing > Science at Oldenburg, FRG) > > You are discussing if NeXT is treating you well or not. Ok, here's how > they treat us in Europe: > > Students pay the same as any rich company or any person on the street. > There is NO special offer at all. (However, they promised to give 5% > off... - Probably after they raised the prices.) > For me it is cheaper to buy a color-SPARC than a color-NeXT. This is You lucky guys. Speaking for Holland - no NeXTs in sight. People I know are trying to become official dealers now for at least three quarters of a year - they started before the Sept. 18th announcements. For me it's not simply cheaper to fly to the States and buy a NeXT at commercial prices - it's the only way. And I'm not gonna do it; I need hardware support ... here and now. -- Toon Moene, SARA - Amsterdam (NL) Internet: TOON@SARA.NL /usr/lib/sendmail.cf: Do.:%@!=/