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From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir)
Subject: Re: Get a NeXT!
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Date: Fri, 10 May 1991 05:15:17 GMT

>>..well, o.k., the Mac has more games...
>
>The real reason shows through!  :<)

Don't you like games?

Some of us like games enough to buy a machine that can run them, but
we don't want TWO machines.  Besides, games are a very good indicator of the
quantity and availability of software and the popularity of the platform.
If I saw that hundreds of games were being developed for the Next, then I
would be SURE that the Next is here to stay, and that the market is there for
hundreds of applications.  I wouldn't worry that my $4 grand Next would be idle
in 10 years for lack of software.  No, I don't think that Emacs is good 
enough.  I'm talking about REAL software, which is made to take advantage of
the Next's abilities...Next Step, DSP, etc..

At this point, the only SURE thing is the Mac and the IBM and Unix.  Let's see
a UNIX standard for those GAMES, huh!?

Oh boy!  I can't wait until all platforms run the SAME software--no more
"ports"!  (I know, standards...keep on dreaming)

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