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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.
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It'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
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