Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre!pitt!cisunx!ejkst From: ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: The NeXT Machine Message-ID: <13192@cisunx.UUCP> Date: 16 Oct 88 19:40:22 GMT References: <1705@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys Lines: 26 In article <1705@sbcs.sunysb.edu> root@sbcs.sunysb.edu (root) writes: > The people marketing the 2500UX have also basically taken a torpedo > amidships too as not only is the system less than what a 3/50 gives > you, it now has NeXT to reckon with. But I don't particularly _want_ a NeXT. (I mean I do, but, realistically, it would be wasted on me.) What's more, even if I wanted one, I wouldn't be able to get one. I don't particularly want a Sun 3/50, either, since I don't happen to have a fileserver w/ethernet laying around, nor the money to equip the 3/50. What's more, even if I wanted one, it would cost me a lot more than the $3500 mentioned above, plus the cost of a hard disk. On the other hand, I _do_ want an Amiga 2500. And as long as I have that, it's not that big a deal (hopefully, haven't seen prices yet) to get Unix with it. (basically Peter's argument) I suspect I'm not alone. Now, if you're talking about university markets, you have a point. But aside from that, I really don't see how NeXT is going to hurt the Amiga. -- +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ Eric Kennedy | Bush & | ejkst@cisunx.UUCP | Bentsen '88 !! | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+