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Article #1583Re: Top 10 reasons why you should buy a NeXT instead of an automobile
From: Gerben Wierda
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 08:11
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! -- wierda@ltb.bso.nl (Gerben Wierda) || I speak for myself and not for my employer. (+31) 2154 84415/(+31) 35 833539 || Support the League for Programming Freedom! "If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." Lewis Carroll, "Alice in Wonderland".
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!ltb!wierda From: wierda@ltb.ltb.bso.nl (Gerben Wierda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Top 10 reasons why you should buy a NeXT instead of an automobile Message-ID: <1629@ltb.ltb.bso.nl> Date: 15 Apr 92 08:11:05 GMT References: <5585@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx> <1992Apr14.162550.10954@leland.Stanford.EDU> Organization: BSO/LT, Baarn, The Netherlands Lines: 34