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Article #3344Re: WOULD *YOU* BUY A NeXT COMPUTER? (Read even if you wouldn't)
From: Chris Whatley
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 03:52
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 03:52
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eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) writes: >In <317@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Geoffrey Amthor wrote: >> Fans and flamers alike share one uncertainty, however: Will the NeXT >> succeed in the marketplace? >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? Because it is cool, of course. :-) What standards are you referring to anyway? Chris -- Chris Whatley Work: chari@pelican.ma.utexas.edu (NeXT Mail) (512/471-7711 ext 123) Play: chari@nueces.cactus.org (NeXT Mail) (512/499-0475) Also: chari@emx.utexas.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!milano!bigtex!natinst!sequoia!nueces!chari From: chari@nueces.cactus.org (Chris Whatley) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: WOULD *YOU* BUY A NeXT COMPUTER? (Read even if you wouldn't) Message-ID: <1989Dec19.035238.23459@nueces.cactus.org> Date: 19 Dec 89 03:52:38 GMT References: <317@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> <1TqpCt#6PkSJw=eric@snark.uu.net> Organization: Nueces Inc. Lines: 18