Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!philip From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) Subject: Re: A laptop, a Classic, and a Cray in a Cube (was: give it to the FSF Message-ID: <1991May11.233300.1944@utstat.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Statistics References: <130178@gore.com> Date: Sat, 11 May 1991 23:33:00 GMT In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: [quotes and comments re NeXt vs. micros] To those who think Unix is going to replace DOS,OS/2 ver2.0, Windows, Mac OS, etc...as a general purpose computer, may I suggest you think about what you are saying and come down to reality. I am a very happy cube user, but I also feel that the software and maintenance costs of a NeXT (and even moreso for Sun's, HP's,etc...) simply make it very debatable even as a student purchase. As far as corporate earth is concerned, PC's reign and will for a long time. Why should most change? they are hardly using the capabilities of their current micros at the moment. NeXT would have to do more than come out with neat computers in order to make a dent. NeXT is a niche player( nothing wrong with that), and if I had to wager on it, will remain so for a long time. What's best is not always what's optimal. For a computer with so much going for it, why don't we have MusicProse, Director, etc...on it? I think the answer is clear. I suspect we're in for the long term. In any case, while it may be the most interesting computer out there, it's hard to identify markets where other platforms don't make more sense. Philip McDunnough University of Toronto [my opinions,...]