Re: New RISC workstations / 88110 demise

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From: Don McGregor
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 18:54

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In article <1992Nov2.173628.5368@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> audley@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Christopher D Audley) writes:
>In article <1992Nov2.170741.2092@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> eboltz@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Eric Scott Boltz) writes:
>>This week's Info World, "Reports from the Field" claims that NeXT has
>>terminated the dual 88110 NRW and will go with the P5 (Pentium) from
>>Intel in future machines.
>
I don't know why they'd bother.  There are going to be a zillion low-margin
clone makers making 586 boxes, so there won't be any shortage of them.
NeXT has a neat factory, but I don't think they'd want to get into
a price war with CloneTek Computers and Fishing Bait inc.

yeah, the NeXT version might be a little more integrated and work out of the
box, but the price differential is likely to be pretty big.

NeXT with the hardware release cycle time and cost structure to keep up
in the commodity clone world? I think not.  

-- 
Don McGregor             | "I..I blame society.  Society made me  
mcgredo@prism.cs.orst.edu|  what I am."

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From: mcgredo@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Don McGregor)
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Subject: Re: New RISC workstations / 88110 demise
Keywords: RISC
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Date: 3 Nov 92 18:54:22 GMT
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