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From: BruceH@cup.portal.com (Bruce Robert Henderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXt Performance/Price
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Date: 9 Apr 89 06:23:42 GMT
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phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes.......
>  - NeXt is EXTREMELY unccoperative with having small developers
>          obtain machines to develop for them. If you aren't a big 
>          shot and still have a good idea, better get an 88K
That is entirely UNTRUE!!!!!!  I personally feel that NeXT evaluates
each and ever application based on the company and the marketing niche.
Let's face it... the demand in the beginning was overwhelming and they 
could only ship a few 0.8 machines, so they tried to put them in the places 
that they would do the most good.  Even so, my former employers became a 
real live NeXT developer, even though we were not the size of Auto Desk
[yes, a CAD company].  So I think that for the first 3 months they are doing 
just fine....  How hard was it to get an "Angel Fire" 88k system with Unix
system V during the first 6 months after the 88k's announcement??

BruceH@cup.portal.com
"May the cube be with you"