S36666WB%ETSUACAD.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu (Brian Wright) (10/05/90)
On 2 Oct 90 22:25:45 GMT you said: >In re: lack of a NeXT software base > >If the NeXT's MACH is reasonably Unix-clonish at the applications >programming level, software could show up in a deluge of ports >from Suns, 3B1's, Apollo's, 386 Xenix boxes, etc. I wouldn't get >too comfortable assuming lack of software will hold the NeXT back >for long. Steven Job's past track record makes software >development venture capital predicated upon the likely success of >the NeXT look like a pretty safe way to earn a big return on >investment, too, so new development could be sparked in a hurry. Hmmm. What about the Amiga 3000 running UNIX? That deluge of UNIX software will probably head the Amiga UNIX way too. That is once AT&T decides to get SYSV.4 out of BETA stage and put a final release to it. >Remember, most of software development targeting is a gamble on >the likely success of the target hardware, and the NeXT probably >looks pretty good to the Wall Street money for the same kinds of >reasons that the Amiga doesn't: a past history of bringing in >substantial profits to investors. Hmmm. Substantial profits? From where? You expect ~7000 users to buy enough software to substantiate investors' money? Let's face it, the Amiga may not have Steven Jobs behind it, but it does have ~2 million machines and users. It's really sad when a company will port a piece of software to a user base of ~7000 while at the same time TOTALLY ignore ~2 million users. All it takes is one major software company to release a piece of software and, as they say, the rest is history. All we need is one company, like Aldus or Ashton Tate, to give the Amiga some recognition and credibility it so desparately needs. Perhaps 2.0 will be alluring enough for some of these companies. We, as Amiga users, already know what the Amiga is capable of. Now we need for everyone else to find out. While we are at it, how many slots does a NeXTStation have? Can you add color to it? I am just curious. Does anyone know? >Kent, the man from xanth. ><xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================= ||To steal from one is plagiarism. To steal from many is research. || ||___________________________________ ---UNKNOWN--- || || | / / || ||---Brian Wright | / / || ||---s36666wb@etsuacad.etsu.edu | \ \/ / Only Amiga || ||---Commercial Artist and Amigaphile| \/\/ Makes It Possible!! || =======================================================================