🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <kb13877@pro-storm.cts.com> brogers@pro-storm.cts.com  
(Brian Rogers) writes:
> In <1992Nov10.195924.21529@leland.Stanford.EDU>
> spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola) writes:
> 
> >One good reason that you may want to go the 486 way (as long as  
you  
> >also go the LocalBus etc way; which may not be possible on a  
limited  
> >budget) is that you can then use cool things like NeXTSTEP 486  
rather  
> >than xxxx things like Windows.
> 
> I've often wondered about NeXTSTEP for 486.  How much does it cost?   
Is it
> affordable for a Joe Schmoe like me?  For that matter, hearing you  
mention
> NeXTSTEP in the context of fast, LocalBus, ectc. 486's is rather  
discouraging
> at times -- My wallet cringes.

The user's edition of NeXTSTEP 486 is $1000, which is 10 times
the cost of DOS/Windows.  Although I like NeXT (and am using a
NeXT right  now), I just don't see that the interface is worth
10 times the cost for software alone (not to mention the better
hardware you need to run it).  And that's just for the user's
edition; the Developer's edition costs something on the order
of $2500.

--
Jim Mann            
Stratus Computer   jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com