NeXTStep 486 should cost $250

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From: James Clifton (Cliff) Elam
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 19:22

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We were just shooting the breeze about NeXT and (soon we hope) a bigger 
market for programmers/software when we started talking about the '486
version.

Our conclusions?  

1> NeXT should sell the runtime stuff for $250 or less.
2> Developers should be able to distribute the run-time (a la' windows 
   in the old days) for close to nothing.
3> The developer version cost is irrelevant - people were developing for
   windows when the SDK cost 2K+.

Just aiming for some discussion that will help guide the marketing weenies
over at NeXT.

Please, no mail, just post the flames :-)

--
                                        - Cliff "I want my NeXTstep 3.0" Elam 
                                         (NeXTmail:jcelam@brownfield.glv.com)

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