Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!gacvx2.gac.edu!scott From: scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Publicizing NeXT Message-ID: Date: 14 May 91 13:01:29 GMT Article-I.D.: nic.SCOTT.91May14080129 References: <1991May13.184528.2697@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College Lines: 29 Nntp-Posting-Host: nic.gac.edu In-reply-to: mcgredo@CS.ORST.EDU's message of 13 May 91 18:45:28 GMTLines: 29 In article <1991May13.184528.2697@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> mcgredo@CS.ORST.EDU (Don Mcgregor) writes: 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. Oops! I must have had some sort of integer-unit glitch there (I should have someone check the back of my head for a "Sample" designation). I meant those numbers to translate into 50k machines/year, not 5k machines :-). If NeXT is going to sell 50k machines/year, they've gotta get on the horn, though. They only claimed 8k for the first quarter (and those are even a little shakey - supposedly, 1500 were upgrades, not new machines). What if they announce a new machine later this year? Then everyone's going to wait until that machine to buy one. Later, -- scott hess scott@gac.edu Independent NeXT Developer GAC Undergrad