Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!fernwood!uupsi!nstn.ns.ca!clyde.concordia.ca!altitude!matrox!uvm-gen!kira!nic!news.cs.brandeis.edu!news!shawn From: shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Shawn Broderick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXTConnection selling NeXT computers Message-ID: Date: 29 Apr 91 11:22:48 GMT References: Sender: usenet@news.cs.brandeis.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Shawn Broderick Lines: 23 In-Reply-To: crum@fcom.cc.utah.edu's message of 24 Apr 91 03:34:07 GMT A number of people have suggested this, and I personally think it would be great for techies and developers who just need a box and nobody behind it, but the concept doesn't really fit with NeXT's direction so far. Let's face it, it's a UNIX box. It's hard enough to support the thing with man pages and local help, just imagine what a mail order company's support line would be like. People like Merisel dropped their UNIX line for some similar reasons. Look at who NeXT is signing on as retailers - they are very bright and quick folks who NeXT feels can a) deal with the hardware and software (it's not a Mac Classic) and b) are capable of understanding the market and marketing that NeXT is involved in. I would however be curious to see how the mail order folks who deal SUN's and other UNIX boxes do. I flip through Sun World (what a dumb name change) and see many mail-order places - but the only people I know who buy from them are techies. My two cents. Shawn Broderick shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu bb!shawn