Re: Lotus May Be Backing Away From NeXT

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From: Andrew Loewenstern
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 03:04

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In article <1992Apr3.190726.23091@cs.yale.edu> nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu  
(Nathan F. Janette) writes:

>  Perhaps Lotus should seriously rethink the policy concerning
>  such announcements.  Why should the potential purchaser believe
>  that Lotus's lack of announcements about future NeXT development
>  is what you claim?

It is a double-edged sword.  If Lotus keeps quiet, it may loose potential  
customers.  If Lotus posts tons of pre-release announcements, they are labeled  
as a Vaporware company.  It is better in the long term for Lotus to keep quiet  
and loose a few customers than to be permanently branded by all as a vaporware  
developer.

Personally I would rather not hear about it publicly than hear "Oh yeah, it'll  
ship in about a week" for four or five months (see archives of  
comp.dcom.modems).

andrew
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Cube Technologies, Inc.       |   next door; let's go." --- e.e. cummings

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