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Article #10508Re: Will NeXT survive? Grow with the times?
From: David G. Koontz
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 05:33
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 05:33
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In article <1991Apr29.144421.19819@oakhill.sps.mot.com> jtr@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Jim Reinhart) writes: >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 How about a DEC 3100? Got a telegram from then saying the price was dropped to $5K. .
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!hub.ucsb.edu!ucsbuxa!2004ktz From: 2004ktz@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (David G. Koontz) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Will NeXT survive? Grow with the times? Message-ID: <10942@hub.ucsb.edu> Date: 30 Apr 91 05:33:14 GMT References: <11399@uwm.edu> <JH_ABJF@xds13.ferranti.com> <1991Apr29.144421.19819@oakhill.sps.mot.com> Sender: news@hub.ucsb.edu Lines: 16