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From: louie@trantor.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,comp.os.misc,comp.misc,comp.arch
Subject: Re: The NeXT machine has been announced! (long)
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Date: 16 Oct 88 00:27:22 GMT
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In article <1390@anasaz.UUCP> john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore) writes:
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>And, as was mentioned before, how about software distribution? The
>removable disk media costs ~$50.00!

Funny, no one is complaining that their SUN 3/60 doesn't have a floppy
disk on it.  Why should the NeXT box?  Or do you think this is just a
super-duper IBM-PC?  I thought that this thing was a WORKSTATION targeted
at Universities.. some some PC or Mac clone.

Excuse me if I offended those of you who think PC and Mac class machines
are workstations.  Hey, I've got an Amiga 2000 at home, and I don't delude
myself in thinking of it in the same class as a Sun or MicroVAX.




Louis A. Mamakos  WA3YMH    Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU
University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming