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From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The NeXT Machine
Message-ID: <4990@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 14 Oct 88 06:39:25 GMT
References: <822@super.ORG>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <822@super.ORG>, rminnich@duper.super.org (Ronald G Minnich) says:

> This is interesting. Now the Amiga is being compared to the NeXT machine
> and found wanting. 

True.  You'll need a 68030 accelerator, and Hedley hires, to get into the
NeXT ballpark.  I guess you'll need an optical disk, though why I'd want
to trade in my 18ms hard disk for a 96ms optical disk needs further
explanation.

>    The price of the machines the amiga gets compared to keeps going 
> up, but the Amiga never seems to do any better. No fair.

As long as the price of the machines we get compared to keeps going up, and
the comparisons stay at or near the same level, we're gaining ground, though
in a rather convoluted fashion (or do I need that shiny new Motorola DSP
chip to do convolutions)?

>    On the other hand, it is clear that the flock of hackers who
> were attracted to the amiga (like, uh, leo? he has been asking about
> it on alt.next ... sob) may now flock to the NeXT machine. 

As I hear it, they're all enrolling in college now.

> C= is going to have to do something soon ... very soon indeed. 

Don't worry -- be happy.

> I had thought about getting an A2000 system at SRC, but institutional 
> resistance makes it clear that getting a NeXT machine will be much easier- 
> it, after all, runs Mach, a grown-up operating system.

	I'm growing older, but not up
	My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck.
	Let those winds of change blow over my head
	I'd rather die while I'm living, then live while I'm dead.

				-Jimmy Buffett

For those who want a STANDARD operating system, we'll be offering UNIX System V
Release 3.1 for '020 based Amigas before many NeXTs are shipped.  For getting
real work done, though, I personally perfer a fast real-time operating system
like the Amiga OS.

> The amiga window is closing fast. It seems the MAC II types and the Amiga types 
> here can agree that NeXT is probably an acceptable compromise.

Naaa!  We Amiga types and I'm sure Mac II types have computers to use right now.

> ron
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