Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!voder!nsc!amdahl!JUTS!duts!kls30 From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Publicizing NeXT Message-ID: <9b9f02l107=m01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: 15 May 91 17:31:08 GMT References: <91124.215239IO92395@MAINE.BITNET> <1991May10.003154.5601@math.ucla.edu> <1991May13.182410.25876@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) Distribution: na Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 38 In article <1991May13.182410.25876@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) writes: >In article scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess) writes: >>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, ~~~~~~~ I think he means 1000/week. 100/week is noise and only adds up to 5000/year. They shipped more than that in the last couple of months. >>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? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Again 200/week for NeXT is noise thats only 10000/year. More than they had orders for. > >Then I guess they'd just have to build a bigger factory and relegate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Only when they surpass 100,000/year willthey need more capacity. The figure I read was that they could produce 100,000+/year this works out to be a capacity of ~2000/week. >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 -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */