Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!orstcs! From: mcgredo@CS.ORST.EDU (Don Mcgregor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Publicizing NeXT Message-ID: <1991May13.184528.2697@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 13 May 91 18:45:28 GMT References: Sender: @lynx.CS.ORST.EDU Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: typhoon.cs.orst.edu scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess) writes: > 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? > I hope they're getting orders for more than 100/week. That translates into sales of only 5,200 units per year. At 100/Day, it's about 36,000, and at 1,000/week it's about 52,000. Steve wants to sell around 50,000 this year. But yeah, they need to get rid of their order backlog. I have mixed feelings about that: happy that they're selling a lot, sad that I may have to wait a few weeks for a new machine. Don McGregor mcgredo@typhoon.cs.orst.edu