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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: NeXT press release (very long but i
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Date: 16 Oct 88 01:04:00 GMT
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Here is some info on public availability of the NeXT machine.  Perhaps
Jobs' hands are tied by his pact with Apple Computer.

>Written  12:35 11/13/88 by grunwald@uiucdcsm in p.cs.uiuc.edu general */
>The NYT had an economic analysis of NeXT his morning (as well as pictures).
>
>They said prospects look bleak, because the $6500 price is the university
>discount, and further more, the machine won't be sold to the public.
>
...
>
>Written  3:57 11/13/88 by johnson@p.cs.uiuc.edu in p.cs.uiuc.edu:general */
>The way I heard it, NeXT expects that it will only sell to universities
>for a few years.  Once it gets established, a larger market will open
>up.  I am sure that if you offered money they would give you a machine,
>but I think that at first they are planning to sell direct to universities
>only.  That will probably reduce sales costs.  There marketing people
>must think that universities are a large enough market for the first
>year or two.


So maybe it's fair to compare educational prices, because THERE IS NO
OTHER PRICE FOR THE MACHINE....