Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!mig From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) Subject: Re: Publicizing NeXT Message-ID: <1991May13.182410.25876@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) Organization: Columbia University References: <91124.215239IO92395@MAINE.BITNET> <1991May10.003154.5601@math.ucla.edu> Date: Mon, 13 May 1991 18:24:10 GMT In article scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess) writes: >In article <1991May10.003154.5601@math.ucla.edu> barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) writes: > In article <91124.215239IO92395@MAINE.BITNET> IO92395@MAINE.BITNET (T.C.A.Venkatesan) writes: > >I think a similar thing can be done by NeXT as a great promotion campaign. They > >may not want to lease NeXTs to students, but they could lease them to > >Universities for faculty to use and to the industry, for an year or so. > (1) Their factory only has a 100,000 machine/yr capacity, so > that puts an upper bound on how much of this they could do, > unless they were making money off the leases. >Until they are putting out enough to keep up with demand, this can >wait. You might notice that NeXT's not been doing any sort of >aggressive marketing - this is at least partially due to the >fact that if they started getting orders for 100 machines/week, >they'd not be able to fill them. What happens if the adds went >well (like Data General's), and they start selling 200/week? Then I guess they'd just have to build a bigger factory and relegate themselves to the thought of being popular and a future leader in computing technology. Oh well. And I thought they WANTED their platform to be popular and have lasting impact! * * * * * * * ======================= Meir Green * * * * * * * * ======================= mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu * * * * * * * ======================= N2JPG