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From: bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,comp.os.misc,comp.misc,comp.arch
Subject: Re: press clippings Re: The NeXT machine
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Date: 17 Oct 88 18:03:42 GMT
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>> [There is] *no way* [I will have my programmers write software for NeXT any
>>time soon]." (Emphasis added by poster).-Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft
>    YAY! The NeXt Machine is safe from Microsoft! That in itself makes it
>worth buying. YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY!

Notice "any time soon."  He left himself a loophole (damn).

>Only an idiot like Bill Gates would be disappointed by the NeXt Machine.

Then count me among the inane.  Let's face it: except for some development
software and he optical drive, everything else is available on other
machines!  esp. SUNs.