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From: walkerb@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Brian Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: NeXT announcement (was Re: Atari Workstation)
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Date: 17 Oct 88 21:48:16 GMT
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In article <9087@watdragon.waterloo.edu> jafischer@spurge.waterloo.edu (Jonathan A. Fischer) writes:
>	Speaking of the AWS, what are peoples' feelings about how it will 
>stand up to the competition of the new NeXT machine (see comp.misc for all
>the hullaballoo)?  At $6500 US, it represents a serious threat, especially
>given their advertising budget (and the media's love affair with Steve
>Jobs).

I remember a rumor floating around some time ago about a business relation 
between NeXT and Atari regarding the production of a 68030 based UNIX machine.

The rumor (unconfirmed) stated that Atari and NeXT would work together on the
new machine and share the design details and Atari would produce the machines
for the fledgling company by Steven Jobs.

The rumormill continues...
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