Re: Business Week article (NeXT to dump hardware)

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From: Michael McCulloch
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:47

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In article <C1I5xq.BGB@utstat.toronto.edu>, philip@utstat.toronto.edu
Philip McDunnough wrote:
>
>I'm not saying that NS486 will fail. It will sell as a niche product. However,
>it would be foolish for NeXT to give up making hardware and to become a
>software vendor. That would really be the final straw.
> 
>There's no reason to stop making NeXT hardware. 
> 

No reason other than market share, profit margin, and sales volume. I
would think that selling a shrink-wrapped OS would be less capital
intensive and offer more margin in the long run than producing HW.
Of course, _I_ don't own/run a company that does either. :-)

Michael McCulloch
Huntsville, AL

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