Re: Will NeXT survive? Grow with the times?

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From: Jim Reinhart
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 14:44

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In article <JH_ABJF@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
>In article <11399@uwm.edu>, jonas@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Jonas K Manske) writes:
>> I am just wondering,.....  I am considering buying one, it has a few nice
>> features that interest me, but then again so does the Amiga. The Amiga
>> has a big problem in that it gets little coverage.  I don't want a UNIX
>> workstation like that....
>
>The NeXT and the Amiga 3000UX have the same problem here: they're 68000
>based, so you won't expect any outstanding improvements in the next few
>years. Even if NeXT and Commodore make like Sun and switch to RISC processors
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>-- 
>Peter da Silva.  `-_-'  peter@ferranti.com
>+1 713 274 5180.  'U`  "Have you hugged your wolf today?"

Gargage.  What exactly qualifies as "outstanding" and what do you know about
the price/performance curve of 68xxx machines to make this assertion?  
-- 
Regards, 
Jim Reinhart
Motorola Microprocessor Products Group
Austin, Texas

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From: jtr@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Jim Reinhart)
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Subject: Re: Will NeXT survive?  Grow with the times?
Message-ID: <1991Apr29.144421.19819@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
Date: 29 Apr 91 14:44:21 GMT
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