Re: Stability of Next as a company

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From: Michael Alexander
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 20:11

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prim!dave@germany.eu.net (Dave Griffiths) writes:

>In article <1992Aug22.203141.956@wolves.uucp> lance@wolves.durham.nc.us (Lance Brown) writes:
>>
>>What do you think of the long term stability of the company?
>>

>Unless something drastic happens, NeXT don't have a chance of surviving.
>(This is not a widely shared view in this news group, but then the people
>here seem to be sustained by something approaching religous faith. When the
>crunch does come, expect widespread shock and disbelief). The reasons I
>believe they are in trouble are: ...

The logically NeXT step would be Canon taking a majority share. The only 
problem is, that Canon is no computer company per se. What they could do is
market Next-Step as a multimedia-integrating platform binding together various
Canon products. 

However, I think that Next is one of the best buys as a computer company at 
this time.  It can not be underemphasized how important differentiation through
software is and will be in the future. 

Cheers,

Michael in Boston

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