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andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern) writes:

>In article <Bvo482.JvE@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B) writes:
>>In article <1992Oct5.163926.2680@schaefer.math.wisc.edu>  
>>haller@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Kirk Haller) writes:
>>> NeXt: If you don't have something in stock, let your customers know,  
>>otherwise
>>> get the orders right!!!!!!
>>
>>NeXT still doesn't keep a stock, do they?  That was one of
>>the things they impressed me with when I was out there
>>years ago.  Machines were built basically on demand.  Is
>>that still the case?  Are they having trouble keeping up? 
>>Is there a shortage of some of the components?

I haven't heard anyone flame NeXT for CPU shipment delays in a long
time.  They tend to ship things that they manufacture themselves in
record time, when you compare them to other companies like Apple.
(I am comparing lead times that we have experienced here on our
campus.. your results may vary)  The main problem lately (and the
subject of 99% of the flames) has been the NeXT CD-ROM drive, whose
mechanism NeXT does not manufacture.  They are dependent on someone
else (I guess Sony).  Just like when Mathematica 2.0 upgrades were
so slow... NeXT was dependent on Wolfram.  
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