Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekcrl!tekgvs!jans From: jans@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Jan Steinman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT rumors Message-ID: <5792@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> Date: 18 Aug 89 17:09:14 GMT Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or. Lines: 25It's the price you pay to be a pioneer. Look at the poor boobs who bought Lisa's, only to face expensive (and less than completely compatible) upgrades to Mac XLs, and the current groaning about Mac II upgrades. Sometimes it backfires, as with the current hordes of MeSs-DOS users who "just say, 'No!'" to OS-2. It would certainly be nice if NeXT were to break with the tradition of screwing early adopters, but I'm not holding my breath. When you're looking at exponential growth, it's easy to write off the good will of your early customers. (On the other hand, since they're such a small lot, it doesn't cost much to keep them on your side, either!) I'm still trying to get my group a single NeXT machine, simply as an example of some interesting new technology, but I wouldn't spend my personal dollars on one, nor would I buy one each for our whole group, until the future becomes more clear. Jan Steinman - N7JDB Electronic Systems Laboratory Box 500, MS 50-370, Beaverton, OR 97077 (w)503/627-5881 (h)503/657-7703