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In article <1gbh7hINNn7v@agate.berkeley.edu> nweaver@soda.berkeley.edu (Nicholas C. Weaver (The Weeniehead)) writes:
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>	Why do people make the assumption that NeXT will actually put out a
>box based on the Intel chip?  I doubt NeXT would make hardware that is in

	Because it would be the absolute stupidest thing NeXT
	could *possibly* do.  While this logic might escape some,
	real NeXT users know that this is all a part of NeXT's
	secret plan to become the great domineering force of
	computing.  Why, what else but devious planning could
	account for actually *raising* prices on machines that had been 
	out (but not upgraded) for a year..  HMMMMMmmm.


>machines in Freemont.  The NeXTstep 486 will most likely be sold to those
>who bought the wrong computer in the first place, or to clone-makers who


	Or to people bright enough to read the writing on Motorola's
	wall who decided to get a little something for their money.


>	Also, the r4000 is a nice chip, (64 bit processor and everthing,
>although it's pinouts make it look like a real porcupine), but is SGI
>letting it out?  SGI owns Mips now, and so they effectively controll the


	I believe the R4000 is/is going to be available from at least
	three or four different vendors.  I've never understood the
	arguments against the R4000.


>	Furthermore, is the Alpha available to other vendors?  The same goes


	Anyone know--I'm curious about this one^

>for the POWER chip.  And, as for SPARC, NeXT would do better with the same

	^ and this one.

	I didn't hear people making the same comments about the
	(obscenely late) 88110 (being single-vendor), so I can
	only assume it's SGIophobia.


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