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From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: A laptop, a Classic, and a Cray in a Cube (was: give it to the FSF
Message-ID: <1991May11.233300.1944@utstat.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Statistics
References: <130178@gore.com> <PETRILLI.91May11113913@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <z53Hj7m1@cs.psu.edu>
Date: Sat, 11 May 1991 23:33:00 GMT

In article <z53Hj7m1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:

[quotes and comments re NeXt vs. micros]

To those who think Unix is going to replace DOS,OS/2 ver2.0, Windows, Mac OS,
etc...as a general purpose computer, may I suggest you think about what you
are saying and come down to reality.

I am a very happy cube user, but I also feel that the software and maintenance
costs of a NeXT (and even moreso for Sun's, HP's,etc...) simply make it
very debatable even as a student purchase.

As far as corporate earth is concerned, PC's reign and will for a long time.
Why should most change? they are hardly using the capabilities of their
current micros at the moment. 

NeXT would have to do more than come out with neat computers in order to make
a dent. NeXT is a niche player( nothing wrong with that), and if I had to
wager on it, will remain so for a long time. 

What's best is not always what's optimal. For a computer with so much going
for it, why don't we have MusicProse, Director, etc...on it? I think the
answer is clear. I suspect we're in for the long term. In any case, while
it may be the most interesting computer out there, it's hard to identify
markets where other platforms don't make more sense.

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
[my opinions,...]


