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Re: NeXTStep 486 should cost $250

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From: Ton Koelman
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 12:00
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In article <1992Apr9.180629.16018@cs.yale.edu>  
nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes:
> In article <3526@rosie.NeXT.COM> Lyle_Scheer@NeXT.com (Lyle Scheer)  
writes:
> 
> > As has been said before in this newsgroup, if you look at
> > all the stuff that   NeXT sells to EVERY NeXTStep user, a
> > comparible package for ANY other computer   would run well
> > over $5,000.  I'm of the impression that the price we've
> > set is   extremely cheap for what you get. 
> 
> While philosophically true, the above doesn't count for beans
> toward the success of NeXTstep 486 if customers refuse to pay
> the $995 asking price.
> 

People always quote the $995 for NeXTStep/486 but what's
the price of the Developer's Release?

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