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From: jps@wucs1.wustl.edu (James Sterbenz)
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Subject: Re: WOULD *YOU* BUY A NeXT COMPUTER? (Read even if you wouldn't)
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Date: 19 Dec 89 20:37:50 GMT
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In article <1TqpCt#6PkSJw=eric@snark.uu.net> eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
>In <317@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Geoffrey Amthor wrote:

>I answered this in email, but I cannot resist the urge to post one question
>to any NeXT fans reading news. To wit:

So did I, but ...

>Why should I buy Steve Jobs's Mac-on-steroids closed-architecture box when
>I can get cheaper, faster commodity iron with better standards conformance
>based on the 386?

... with another significant jump via the 486 (and 860) available very soon.
Add all of the workstations produced by established companies based on
the 88000, R6000..., NeXT has to seriously prove itself to be a major force
in a tough market.
James Sterbenz  Computer and Communications Research Center
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