Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bpa!sjuvax!dcarpent From: dcarpent@sjuvax.UUCP (D. Carpenter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT rumors Message-ID: <2171@sjuvax.UUCP> Date: 19 Aug 89 01:25:43 GMT References:<12670035@eecs.nwu.edu> <17312@ut-emx.UUCP> Reply-To: dcarpent@sjuvax.UUCP (D. Carpenter) Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA. Lines: 29 In article <17312@ut-emx.UUCP> johno@walt.cc.utexas.edu (John H. Osborn) writes: >[Lots and lots of talk about the next NeXT from lots of people] > >All this talk about new machines that may or may not be compatible >with the current Cube certainly cause me some concern about buying >a current generation (and almost out of date, no less!) machine from >NeXT. Anybody else feel the same way? > For what it is worth, the local NeXT sales account manager told me, in response to my question concerning an upgrade path, that NeXT intends to build upon the platform of the original Cube, and not obsolete it by introducing incompatible enhancements. She made this comment in the context of my purchasing a machine, and I expressed the very concern and nervousness that you note here. Nothing that I have read on comp.sys.next over the past few weeks has given me reason to doubt what she said. On the contrary, the recent posting by Bruce Henderson spoke of 100% upgradability. So rumors and official pronouncements seem to correspond pretty well. I bought one, and I don't think I'll regret it. >John H. Osborn * University of Texas at Austin >walt.cc.utexas.edu * "Hey, was that 'kill 1 -1' or 'kill -1 1'?" -- =============================================================== David Carpenter dcarpent@sjuvax.UUCP St. Joseph's University dcarpent%sjuvax.sju.edu@relay.cs.net Philadelphia, PA 19131 ST_JOSEPH@HVRFORD.BITNET