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In article <1993Jan26.182207.198723@zeus.calpoly.edu> mrothste@keiko.acs.calpoly.edu (Rothstein)  
writes:

>It is my feeling that a poliferation of NS on various platforms will help  
>not hinder the sale of NeXThardware.  As NS becomes more accepted and  
>people decide to go with it as on os then there will shurely be those  
>people(companies) who will pay to get their hardware and os from the same  
>source.  If a company has a video problem and has to deal with both NeXT  
>and some bizar 3rd party video card manufacturer to solve it that could  
>represent more time/money that just going to NeXT.

But then, at least in the NS486 market, it should be pretty easy for
a small clone maker to preload NS486 to their clone with tested
video cards, ethernet cards and hard disks.  And guarantee that things
work.  Loading NS486 to existing clones would be problematic, but
no one on the selling side is interested in that -- loads of troubles
and little money to be made.

I would bet that NS486 would definitely eat into NeXT's hardware sales
because there are enough dealers that bend over backword to differentiate
themselves from the rest.  Even with $600 price the dealers might
pay for NS486, they can slap together a 66MHz 486 machine that is
competitive with NeXT hardware, and preload NS486, with satisfaction
guaranteed or money back.
Recent prices of local bus 486 machines are amazing.
And NS486 will sell the top of the line machines for them.

Certainly not all dealers will jump in, but enough will to eat into
NeXT's hardware sales.


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