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In article <mike.724093217@starburst.umd.edu> mike@starburst.umd.edu  
(Michael F. Santangelo) writes:
> lschultz@pdx255 (Leonard Schultz) writes:
> 
> 
> >In article <1992Dec8.205422.746@qb.rhein-main.de> vhs@rhein-main.de  
writes:
> 
> >Ah, from a sexy/horsepower point of view, we would all like to see  
this.
> >Wouldn't we?  But let's look at the realities of this, which NeXT must
> >face.  PA-RISC is a proprietary processor.  So if NeXT designs a  
system,
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


In the case of which chip to use, I think that NeXT is doing the right  
thing.  We must remember that the only thing that is keeping NeXT from  
blowing everyone away is shrinkwrapped apps.  Porting to the Intel chip  
should give developers a chance to right for the NeXT platform.  If  
nothing more, NeXT can use Intel to get the developer support it needs.  
 
 <dream sequence>
If I were running NeXT I would stay with the Moto chip for a low end line  
of machines (but cut the price to almost a 0 profit margin, just to boost  
sales), build a PA-RISC box :) for the high end (something that can have  
up to 4 processors, similar to the SUN 10).  
	
I would then make ports in the following order.
	
	Intel				In the bag
	PA-RISC				Build black PA-RISC boxes, yeah!
	SPARC				The people have spoken!
	RS/6000				IBM dropped the ball on this one!
	ALPHA				SGI w/NeXTstep whoa!
	PowerPC				After all the above have been port
					ed PowerPC should just be coming
					onto the scene (in 5years maybe).

Just the way I'd do it.    

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