yuri@sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp (Yuri A. Tijerino) (11/27/90)
I am a graduate student in Japan that would like to purchase a NeXT. The main problem is that the inflated prices in Japan of any import product is usually out of reach for students. Would it be possible to buy a NeXT at student discount in the U.S. and have it shipped to Japan???? -- Yuri Adrian Tijerino (Ph.D student) The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN), Mizoguchi Lab, MULTIS project, Osaka University 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki-shi Osaka-fu, Japan 567 Tel: 06-876-2905 / Fax: 06-877-4977 email: yuri@ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp
coco@cbnewsl.att.com (felix.a.lugo) (01/28/91)
In the latest MacWeek periodical (01.22.91), there's a full page ad showing a NeXT monitor and telling of how the NeXT system had been judged best product of 1990 by the Japanese government and the winning of the 1990 "G-Mark" award. It also quotes a comment made by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Robert Mosbacher, in which he congratulates NeXT Computer "on being the first American company to win this prestigious award". The NeXT system got selected from more than 1200 products from 391 different companies. I suppose this is true, but why hasn't NeXT Inc. said anything about this award (at least I haven't seen or heard anything). If anyone knows more about this, could you please post it for the benefit of this newsgroup. For those interested see MacWeek 01.22.91 page 33. _____________________ Felix A. Lugo coco@ihlpb.att.com att!ihlpb!coco
glaeske@plains.NoDak.edu (Brian Glaeske) (01/29/91)
I saw that ad to, and I thought it was terribly funny because they are talking about the NeXT and how it is made in America, but they show one of the components that is not made in the USA, namely the Sony Trinitron Monitor. -- Brian Glaeske - /| glaeske@plains.NoDak.edu [Internet] o.O` --Ooop ACK!! glaeske@plains [BITNET ] =(___)= ..!uunet!plains!glaeske [UUCP ] U "Bloom County Forever!!"
coco@cbnewsl.att.com (felix.a.lugo) (01/29/91)
I got this timely response from a NeXT employee .... __________ CUT HERE ___________ Subject: Re: Japanese G-Mark award Felix, Hello. I saw your inquiry about the G-Mark award announcement. Please feel free to post this. I am reading the netnews listings but cannot post... thanks, conrad P.S. I coordinate the 74 NeXT User Groups. If you are intertested in starting a NeXT user group, please let me know. ******************************************************* NeXT COMPUTER WINS 1990 G-MARK DESIGN AWARD First U.S. Company to Receive the Prestigious Japanese Award REDWOOD CITY, Calif., October , 1990 NeXT Computer, Inc. today announced that it has received the 1990 G-Mark Grand Prize Award, given by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in Japan for products available in that country. The G-Mark "Good Design" mark, established in 1957, is given to products based on their outstanding appearance, functionality, quality and safety. In 1989, the Grand Prize was awarded to the Sony 8mm Handicam camera, which was followed closely by the Nissan 300SX automobile for the overall award that year. In 1990, the NeXT Computer bested competitors from every major Japanese company as well as from other non-Japanese companies with products available in Japan. "Congratulations to NeXT Computer on being the first American company to win this prestigious award," said Robert Mosbacher, U.S. Secretary of Commerce. "At a time when U.S. product quality is undergoing severe criticism, NeXT has set an outstanding example for the entire world and has raised the bar for other U.S. manufacturers." Steven P. Jobs, president and CEO of NeXT, traveled to Tokyo to accept the award from the minister of MITI. "I am really proud of everyone at NeXT for their hard work, creativity and attention to quality that has enabled us to compete with Sony, Honda and other companies we admire and be the first American company to win this award," Jobs said. In 1989, 744 companies submitted 3,787 products to MITI for G-Mark consideration. Of these entries, 1,146 products received the mark. Like the "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" in the U.S., G-Mark recipients are entitled to use the mark in advertising and packaging to alert Japanese consumers to the fact that MITI has deemed their product design worthy of the designation. Products compete in 13 categories that include Audiovisual; Transportation; Information Technology; Furniture and Interior; and Clinic, Health and Welfare. Foreign companies can apply to the G-Mark System through their Japanese branch or representative sole agent. NeXT applied through Canon, Inc., which distributes NeXT's computer products in Asia and with which it has close business ties. NeXT's G-Mark Grand Prize Award was for its original NeXT Computer, which began shipping at the general retail level in September 1989. In September 1990, NeXT introduced a family of four new computer products, based on the more powerful Motorola 68040 microprocessor. These products include NeXTstation, a more powerful and compact NeXT computer that costs less than $5,000; NeXTstation Color, a 16-bit, PostScript color version of NeXTstation; NeXTcube, an expandable NeXT computer with extremely flexible configuration options that can be used as a network server or high-end desktop computer; and NeXTdimension, a high-end, 32-bit PostScript color solution. NeXT Computer, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets "Interpersonal Computing" systems that promise to enhance the way groups work together in the 1990s. NeXT sells its products directly and through selected retail and VAR channels in North America, Asia and Europe. Its headquarters are located at 900 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, California, 94063. /* ** ============================================================================ ** ** Felix A. Lugo AT&T Bell Laboratories ** ** E-Mail: ** (708) 713-4374 coco@ihlpb.att.com att!ihlpb!coco ** ** NeXT-Mail: ** (708) 515-0668 coco@alien.att.com alien.att.com!bootsie!coco ** ** ============================================================================ */