Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!ziploc!eps From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: USENIX Summer 1991 and the absence of NeXT Message-ID: <1709@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Date: 12 Jun 91 15:28:09 GMT References: Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Organization: San Francisco State University Lines: 28 In article scd@math.ufl.edu (Steve C Donahue) writes: >I am currently attending the summer USENIX conference in Nashville. The >theme of the conference is "MULTIMEDIA FOR NOW AND THE FUTURE". I was >amazed to find that NeXT does not have a vendor booth. One of the strong >points of the NeXT is the fact that it lends itself so well to multimedia >applications. They were also conspicuously absent from last year's InterOp, although a handful of NeXT employees were in attendance. One of them said that "Steve hates these kinds of shows." It wasn't clear what "these kinds" referred to, but my interpretation is "catering to the computer-literate and technically competent" as opposed to Joe-Moron business customer who wants to know when "all that nifty stuff will be available for Microsoft Windows." >WAKE UP NeXT! Those of us who own your machines know how good they are. >People wonder why NeXTs have not sold better than they have. Exposure is >the key to sales. This conference would have been a good place to increase >your exposure. No argument here. >No flames please. I am not NeXT bashing. I am simply questioning their >marketing strategies. Me too. -=EPS=-