Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:44383 comp.sys.next:4383 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!shelby!portia!jessica!duggie From: duggie@jessica.Stanford.EDU (Doug Felt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.next Subject: Re: What do I want to see in the Apple of the 90's? Message-ID: <7715@portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 15 Dec 89 23:00:59 GMT References: <21296@mimsy.umd.edu> <9986@zodiac.ADS.COM> <192@atncpc.UUCP> <1630@intercon.com> <7614@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> <2179@accuvax.nwu.edu> Sender: USENET News System Reply-To: duggie@jessica.Stanford.EDU (Doug Felt) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac Distribution: usa Organization: Stanford University Lines: 33 In article <2179@accuvax.nwu.edu> mccoy@aristotle.Berkeley.EDU (Jim McCoy) writes: [stuff about printing deleted] >I find it very amusing that the people supporting the Mac are using >the same justifications that the PC people used a few years back: >there is no established software base. Software base IS relevant if you are considering a purchase of the NeXT now, just as it was for the Mac when it came out. People who don't mind being pioneers will see the potential of the machine and purchase it anyway. Both the IBM PC and the Apple II have larger software bases, and most of this is junk. What you need is a base large enough to offer several programs in a variety of categories and at different price and performance levels. This takes time and matters to people who need to find immediate uses for their machines. >The NeXT is at the same stage that the Mac 128K was a while back. It >is trying to build a software base and user base that other systems >have. I have no doubt that it will do so, but until it does there >will be a flock of Mac worshippers who will continue to point out the >fact that the Mac has a larger software base (remind them that the PC >has an even larger one :-). Yes, Mac worshippers will do this. NeXT worshippers will pretend the *current* problems don't exist. I myself prefer to castigate both camps. :-) Doug Felt Courseware Authoring Tools Project Stanford University