alexn@alexn.austin.ibm.com (03/19/91)
Does anybody out there have any solid figures (i.e, no blind guesses) about how many machines NeXT has sold and how many machines they have backlogged? I need this information for a private project which I am doing. Thanks in advance. Regards, Alex alexn@cetnet.austin.ibm.com
johnc@ms.uky.edu (John Coppinger) (03/20/91)
alexn@alexn.austin.ibm.com writes: >Does anybody out there have any solid figures (i.e, no blind guesses) about >how many machines NeXT has sold and how many machines they have backlogged? >I need this information for a private project which I am doing. >Thanks in advance. I seem to remember 25,000 sold and 100,000 anticipated by the end of the year. I think that estimate appeared in NeXTWorld's April 91 issue, but I'll have to verify that. -- -- John Coppinger "You'll find that your left cuff link -- -- University of Kentucky will be communicating with your right -- -- johnc@s.ms.uky.edu cuff link via satellite" -- -- johnc@graphlab.cc.uky.edu [NeXT] -- Nicholas Negroponte --
kim@mathcs.emory.edu (Kim Wallen {Psy}) (03/21/91)
In article <johnc.669448131@s.ms.uky.edu> johnc@ms.uky.edu (John Coppinger) writes: >alexn@alexn.austin.ibm.com writes: > >>Does anybody out there have any solid figures (i.e, no blind guesses) about >>how many machines NeXT has sold and how many machines they have backlogged? >>I need this information for a private project which I am doing. >>Thanks in advance. > >I seem to remember 25,000 sold and 100,000 anticipated by the end of the year. >I think that estimate appeared in NeXTWorld's April 91 issue, but I'll have to >verify that. >-- From IDC's report on 1990 worldwide unit shipments of workstation/workstation servers: Sun 141,800 HP 75,550 DEC 62,500 (includes VAXstations) IBM 17,000 I'graph 14,470 Sony 12,384 NeXT 11,000 S.G. 9,400 IDC`s report on 1990 $$ volume: Sun $2,352,000,000 HP 1,539,000,000 DEC 1,176,000,000 I'graph 504,000,000 IBM 476,000,000 S.G. 422,000,000 Sony 194,000,000 NeXT 74,000,000 I cannot attest to the accuracy of IDC's figures. Kim@unix.cc.emory.edu
chris@island.COM (Chris King) (03/22/91)
alexn@alexn.austin.ibm.com writes: >Does anybody out there have any solid figures (i.e, no blind guesses) about >how many machines NeXT has sold and how many machines they have backlogged? >I need this information for a private project which I am doing. >Thanks in advance. >Regards, >Alex >alexn@cetnet.austin.ibm.com I just got a "Sun Observer" rag. Which had a article that included the following numbers from International Data Corp. Number of workstations shipped in 1990 Sun 141,800 HP 75,550 Dec 62,500 IBM 17,000 Intergraph 14,470 Sony 12,380 NeXT 11,000 <======= SGI 9,400 Chris King Island Graphics Corp. San Rafael Ca. {sun,ucbcad,uunet}!island!chris
mcgredo@prism.cs.orst.edu (Don McGregor) (03/23/91)
In article <3825@island.COM> chris@island.COM (Chris King) writes: > >Number of workstations shipped in 1990 > >Sun 141,800 >HP 75,550 >Dec 62,500 >IBM 17,000 >Intergraph 14,470 >Sony 12,380 >NeXT 11,000 <======= >SGI 9,400 > At the launch of the new NeXTs the company was supposed to have 10,000 firm orders for new machines. A couple months later Steve told a user group that this had gone up to 15,000. I've read, in InfoWorld I think, that Sun was selling workstations at the rate of over 200,000 per year. IBM is doing well with their new line; in fact, it was one of the few bright spots in their dismal earnings report that just came out. I'd guess that NeXT will sell around 25,000-35,000 units in the coming year. That would put them in the second tier of workstation vendors, well below the Sun and HP biggies, but with enough market presence to make of go of it, I think. They're also getting good penetration in the early adopter/pioneer class of users in my completely unscientific observation, which augers well for their long term health. Don McGregor | Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. mcgredo@prism.cs.orst.edu| Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
glang@henry (Gary Lang) (03/30/91)
In article <3825@island.COM> chris@island.COM (Chris King) writes: > alexn@alexn.austin.ibm.com writes: > > >Does anybody out there have any solid figures (i.e, no blind guesses) about > >how many machines NeXT has sold and how many machines they have backlogged? > >I need this information for a private project which I am doing. > >Thanks in advance. > > > > >Regards, > > >Alex > >alexn@cetnet.austin.ibm.com > > I just got a "Sun Observer" rag. Which had a article that included the > following numbers from International Data Corp. > IDG? He said no blind guesses. You've got to find another source, I'm afraid, IDG doesn't qualify. Nevertheless , if NeXT is outselling SG, and SG is getting all this attention from Compaq and Microsoft, I'm not too pessimistic about these numbers. Also, I understand that NeXT has 17% market share in Europe for workstations. This is not a blind guess. Anyway where's your soul? I'd write code for this machine even if nobody was buying them. Lucky for me, they really are. Beancounters never created anything new and interesting, and they never make any real money either. Just go for it. -g