Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Marketing niche for NeXT
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.061143.16495@utstat.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Statistics
References: <1991Jun21.025728.2044@umbc3.umbc.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 06:11:43 GMT

In article <1991Jun21.025728.2044@umbc3.umbc.edu> jack@umbc4.umbc.edu (Jack Suess) writes:

[recommends NeXT over xterminals]

The idea of a NeXT as an X-terminal replacement with good elementary
capabilities, user friendly interface,etc...is very discouraging. First
of all, we can get X-terminals for 1/2 the cost of a NeXT. Secondly,
while X currently has become a standard, it is hardly an elegant one. It
appears to have won out more by default than anything else. If X is the
final answer, I think I'll go back to my slide ruler.

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.utoronto.ca
[my opinions,etc...]