Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!cwjcc!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!att!ihlpe!stuart From: stuart@ihlpe.ATT.COM (S. D. Ericson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT stat sheet Summary: Now or in 1990? Message-ID: <3717@ihlpe.ATT.COM> Date: 2 Nov 88 14:17:49 GMT References: <74950@sun.uucp> <7080@potomac.ads.com> Organization: The Sage Hovel, Wheaton, Il Lines: 29 In article <7080@potomac.ads.com>, jtn@potomac.ads.com (John T. Nelson) writes: > Anybody know what SUN or APPLE are offering to compete or is it too > soon to ask? I was considering a used SUN or a Mac II running A/UX > for a home machine, but these options look pretty silly now compared to > NeXT. > Well, John, the problem is that the real release of the "cube" won't be availble until the second quarter of 1989 (release 1.0 of the software not expected until then). Also, Jobs has stated EXPLICITLY that it is only available to university people then. Besides, what software do you want for it? I wouldn't count on the "cube" being available to the general public until mid 1990 at least. So if you want to get anything done, buy the Sun or Mac II. The Mac, at least, has lots of affordable commercial packages. Both the Mac and the Sun support large quantities of public domain software, NOW. Is it worth waiting 18 months for a machine? If so, why do you even need it? Sorry, I'm probably overreacting. Crud! Where *IS* that asbestos coat? Stu -- Stuart Ericson AT&T Bell Laboratories USEnet: att!ihlpe!stuart IH 2H210 ARPA: stuart@ihlpe.att.com 2000 N. Naperville Road Voice: (312) 979-4491 Naperville, Il 60566-7033