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From: eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond)
Newsgroups: comp.dsp,comp.arch,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.icon
Subject: Re: WOULD *YOU* BUY A NeXT COMPUTER? (Read even if you wouldn't)
Message-ID: <1TqpCt#6PkSJw=eric@snark.uu.net>
Date: 18 Dec 89 21:32:58 GMT
References: <317@ns-mx.uiowa.edu>
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In <317@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Geoffrey Amthor wrote:
> Fans and flamers alike share one uncertainty, however: Will the NeXT
> succeed in the marketplace?

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

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?
-- 
      Eric S. Raymond = eric@snark.uu.net    (mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews)