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From: nigelm@ohm.york.ac.uk (Nigel Metheringham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Marketing niche for NeXT
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.121047.28006@ohm.york.ac.uk>
Date: 21 Jun 91 12:10:47 GMT
References: <1991Jun21.025728.2044@umbc3.umbc.edu> <1991Jun21.061143.16495@utstat.uucp>
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In <1991Jun21.061143.16495@utstat.uucp> philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes:

>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.

I agree.

We bought our original NeXTs at least partly because we could see
that some people had put X onto them.  So far we haven't seen the
nedd to get the X stuff and I hope we don't have to (I will
eventually be forced to get X since I have to support Suns that do
use it).

X is a standard.  Unfortunately it is an awful standard (a bit like
the horse designed by comittee).  We're stuck with it, but there's
no need to encourage it.

	Nigel.

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