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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: NeXT on Campus -- How's NeXT really doing at your school?
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Date: 13 Jun 91 02:21:03 GMT
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How well does NeXT seem to be gaining acceptance on college campuses?
What is the general attitude of the computing community?  And are
people trading in their "Macintoys"(to quote Eric Scott) and PC's for
the NeXT?  I've heard different things from several people, and I
would like to know if it is as bleak at other schools as it is at Penn
State.

Here we have a lab of six NeXTs(all 040's, 5 with 8MB of RAM, 1 server
with 16MB).  The general attitude though is that NeXT isn't going to
survive.  It definitely seems to be an uphill battle.  Yesterday a
faculty member walked into our Microcomputer Order Center and they
told him that it would be 6-8 months before he would receive his
machine.  This definitely discouraged him(who wouldn't be?).  Have
most people at least received their machines?  The few people around
here that might buy a NeXT will most likely change their minds if they
have to wait six months.  I'm certainly not going to wasted my time
convincing people to buy the NeXT if the company can't come through.

-Mike