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Subject: Re: WOULD *YOU* BUY A NeXT COMPUTER? (R
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/* Written  3:32 pm  Dec 18, 1989 by eric@snark.uu.net in uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.object */
>
>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)
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I know I have asked many people to stop this war before it gets personal, but
this one just gets me a little to much.

flame on
piss off
flame off

Michael Rutman
This is my opinion only, though I am sure many people share it with me.