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From: steve@fnord.umiacs.umd.edu (Steven D. Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: NeXT and sources
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Date: 20 Dec 88 18:01:32 GMT
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   I hope that this is new information, and that I'm not uselessly repeating
something that someone else has said; I haven't been following this group.
However, I thought that this was worth repeating, if that's what it comes
down to...

   I just spoke to Tony Bonidy of NeXT's East Coast sales office.  I told
him that there's a rumor (actually, more than that) going around that NeXT
doesn't want to make its sources (to anything!)  available.  He confirmed
that, saying that while the decision is not yet final, that is the way the
wind is blowing.  I stressed to him the importance of sources, both for
system administration and for research, and mentioned that I know of
machines that have been turned off here in large part because sources for
them haven't been reasonably available.  He's going to carry that message
back to California, to see if that will influence someone's final decision.

   I'd suggest to those with interest in NeXT boxes and sources that they
get in touch with their NeXT sales reps and point out to them the error of
their ways.  NeXT's phone number is (415) 424-0200; the folks at that number
should be able to point you at your regional sales rep.

An educational-market machine that won't sell in the educational market
because no one can get sources doesn't have much of a market left, does it?

        -Steve

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