mrc@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Crispin) (05/20/91)
I would like to ask everyone who has been involved in the NeXT vs. Amiga tirade to please stop. There are plenty of us on comp.sys.next who are thoroughly tired of it; and I imagine the same is true for comp.sys.amiga. I took the trouble yesterday to take a good hard look at the Amiga at a computer store. The conclusion is unavoidable; it is ridiculous to make a comparison between a NeXT and an Amiga. These are two fundamentally different products with fundamentally different end-user audiences. The only thing that both machines have in common is that they are *both* fringe products serving a niche market. Neither of them are making, or likely ever to make, a significant impact in the main market. This sniping at each other is in effect fighting over stale crumbs on the floor and ignoring the cake. NeXT'ers who fantasize that NeXTstep presents, or is ever going to present, any serious competition to OSF/Motif or SUN are engaging in dangerous self-delusion. Amiga'ers who fantasize that the Amiga presents, or is ever going to present, any serious competition to the Mac or PC are engaging in dangerous self-delusion. In spite of being niche products, both can be, and are, useful engines in the niche environments for which they are suited. In this case, the niches have little in common with each other. So let's call a truce on it, OK?
cs19@cs.umn.edu (Scott Wisdom) (05/20/91)
In article <1991May19.231044.23126@milton.u.washington.edu> mrc@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Crispin) writes: > NeXT'ers who fantasize that NeXTstep presents, or is ever going to > present, any serious competition to OSF/Motif or SUN are engaging in > dangerous self-delusion. > > Amiga'ers who fantasize that the Amiga presents, or is ever going to > present, any serious competition to the Mac or PC are engaging in > dangerous self-delusion. Get Real. NO ONE can say what the computer market will be like in the future. Statements like these in one of the fastest changing industries in the history of the human race are made to be eaten. 10 years ago, people said those who thought unix would become a major force in todays market were "engaging in dangerous self-delusion". I have to say that unix has become one hell of a big delusion :) -Scott Wisdom wisdom@heckle.cs.umn.edu cs19@leghorn.cs.umn.edu
johnr@oceania.UUCP (John Robison) (05/22/91)
In article <1991May20.000656.24318@cs.umn.edu> cs19@cs.umn.edu (Scott Wisdom) writes: > In article <1991May19.231044.23126@milton.u.washington.edu> > mrc@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Crispin) writes: > > NeXT'ers who fantasize that NeXTstep presents, or is ever going to ... > > Get Real. NO ONE can say what the computer market will be like in the future. ... Enough already!! Stop posting these discussions where they don't belong!! (And stop replying, it only encourages them...) -- | A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance | | of his own verbosity. --> We gladly accept NeXT Mail <-- | | Try: uunet!oceania!johnr* OR johnr@oceania.UUCP* | | *Not necessarily (mis)representing the company or myself! | -- | A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance | | of his own verbosity. --> We gladly accept NeXT Mail <-- | | Try: uunet!oceania!johnr* OR johnr@oceania.UUCP* | | *Not necessarily (mis)representing the company or myself! |