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From: UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Lack of feedback
Message-ID: <71925UH2@PSUVM>
Date: 16 Feb 89 17:47:39 GMT
References: <4526@umd5.umd.edu>
Organization: Penn State Erie, Behrend College
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In article <4526@umd5.umd.edu>, feldman@umd5.umd.edu (Mark Feldman) says:
>
>NeXT:  Tell us what you are going to do!  Make a decision on the s-word.
>You have seen the arguments and you should have known about our requirements
>from the start -- we are your target market!
>
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Who is?  Do you think that Computer Scientists who want to experiment with
changes to the operating system are the target market?  I think small to
medium groups of co-workers with NON-COMPUTER SCIENCE work to do are
the target market, and they don't ask for source.

Small groups of co-workers naturally includes the faculty in the Spanish
Department, Journalism dept, and so on.  It even includes CS faculty.
Eventually, if all goes well, those small groups will include groups
in industry and commerce.  They won't want the source, either.

Please---reasonable folk can differ on this topic.  No flames.  ME? I think
NeXT is doing OK.

                 lee