Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!doug.cae.wisc.edu!simmons From: simmons@rigel.neep.wisc.edu (Kim Simmons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: USENIX Summer 1991 and the absence of NeXT Message-ID: Date: 14 Jun 91 22:53:47 GMT References: <526@heaven.woodside.ca.us> <1991Jun13.142906.28474@ni.umd.edu> <1991Jun14.194907.2960@kithrup.COM> Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin,Madison., NEEP Department Lines: 53 In-reply-to: sef@kithrup.COM's message of 14 Jun 91 19:49:07 GMT In article <1991Jun14.194907.2960@kithrup.COM> sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: Path: doug.cae.wisc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!kithrup!sef From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Date: 14 Jun 91 19:49:07 GMT References: <526@heaven.woodside.ca.us> <1991Jun13.142906.28474@ni.umd.edu> Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. Lines: 14 In article simmons@rigel.neep.wisc.edu (Kim Simmons) writes: >Same here and for everyone that i know. The NeXT is the first true UNIX >machine that i can afford to run at home. The choice was between a Sun or a >HP or a NeXT at home, not between a Mac or a NeXT. I could have gotten a Mac >years ago but it is not a UNIX box. Of course, you could have gotten a cheap '386 clone and run unix on that for about half the money. -- Sean Eric Fagan | "I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; sef@kithrup.COM | I had a bellyache at the time." -----------------+ -- The Turtle (Stephen King, _It_) Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others. 12 1) System V yes, but i wanted BSD. I also wanted the gnu stuff (in particular i do a lot with emacs, i use gcc on other workstations), X11 (NeXTstep is a good replacement, however i still have the public domain X11 for times when i need it) a large monitor for looking at lots of source code at a time, TeX/LaTeX which i use a lot + a nice TeX previewer, Mathematica for free also helps (saves me about $1000 on a real workstation). I also wanted the network stuff for writing TCP/IP software. In other words i wanted something comparable to a Sun or Decstation that i have at work. So are you suggesting that a '386 clone is equivalent to a Sun or a Decstation. If so i'll pass this on to the local sales Droids from Sun and Dec. PS. Also, having an afordable Laser printer at home does wonders for my social life, plus it is much easier to impress people and make friends with a NeXT than with a '386. -- =============================================================================== Internet: simmons@rigel.neep.wisc.edu Othernet: simmons@hoofers.lake.mendota --- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- According to the HitchHikers guide to the galaxy, the one thing we *cannot* afford to have is a sense of perspective. ===============================================================================