Did NeXT anticipate the CD ROM Drive shortage, maybe

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From: todd
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 18:36

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After following the thread about NeXT delaying CD Drive shipment
even further I can't help but think they knew there was going
to be a problem on quantity.  My reasoning (maybe flawed) is
due to the offer they made to User Groups to purchase a drive
and CD for a low price of $452 or something.  This was based
on the requirement that users who paid and where members of a
particular group participating in this 'deal' would be able
to upgrade with this user group drive.

Now I think the deal was a good one, but at the same time
it also seems to be the attempt was to cover as much as possible
with a 'limited' resource pool (ie drives).  It makes some
sense to me to connect that with the current shortage and point
a hard finger at NeXT about this issue.  They must have known
also due to their 'just in time' policy about manufacturing.

Just my $.25 worth.

Regards,

Todd Nathan
Liveware Corporation
<todd@liveware.com>

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