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Re: Top 10 reasons why you should buy a NeXT instead of an automobile

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From: Gerben Wierda
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 08:11
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In <1992Apr14.162550.10954@leland.Stanford.EDU> spagiola@amy5.stanford.edu (Stefano P. Pagiola) writes:

>Gerardo Cisneros writes
>> > > Top 10 reasons why you should buy a NeXT instead of an automobile
>> > >  6. Exhaust isn't fatal
>> > If you consider radiation to be "exhaust" this could be debateable...  
>> :-)
>> Not much to debate, I think:
>> 	a) Work in a closed office for 8 hours with a NeXT running.
>> 	b) Work in a closed garage for 8 hours with an automobile running.
>> Which one is more likely to be fatal?

>The real issue is: Would 
>	c) Work in a closed office for 8 hours with a PC/Windows running
>rank above or below (b)?

PC/Windows is not running most of the time. So I think c would be less fatal
than b, unless the person in question dies of frustration.

Let's give you a quote from direct mail today in my mailbox:

"Dear Sir, Madam,

	With the introduction of MS-Windows, a breakthrough in grafical user
interfaces, ...."

[more on the courses they provide deleted]

Hah!
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From: wierda@ltb.ltb.bso.nl (Gerben Wierda)
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Subject: Re: Top 10 reasons why you should buy a NeXT instead of an automobile
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