crimmins@csli.STANFORD.EDU (Mark Crimmins) (03/24/89)
From the news radio report on KCBS in SF: "Steve Jobs will be selling his NEXT computers at Businessland". Mark (crimmins@csli.stanford.edu)
jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) (03/24/89)
It's BusinessLand, not Computerland. Reported in the Wall Street Journal today. This reflects a major change in direction for NeXT. Possibly one borne of desperation. It will be years before the product will be mature enough to be sold to the market that buys via Businessland. John Nagle
mdr@reed.UUCP (Mike Rutenberg) (03/26/89)
I'm beginning to wonder more and more about NeXT. On the positive side, they are marvels of marketing manipulation, have done an excellent job of getting every university with more than 10 students to feel special because they are one of NeXT's favorite customers. That is an important complement to what seems to be a very nice personal computer. On the other hand they seem to have had some difficulty actually getting machines out the door (I certainly can't seem to arrange to purchase one), and the rest of the industry (specifically Microsoft and Apple) is really rapidly adopting much of what makes NeXT interesting. I might be able to get what is interesting about the NeXT box without having to deal with NeXT. I initially wanted to purchase a NeXT box for scientific-educational and neat commercial software development - I'm now less certain NeXT is the right way to go. Maybe I'll stick with a Macintosh to let people other than myself use the software. Mike p.s. Note that these opinions are strictly my own, and I in no way represent any person or organization other than myself. I am simply an interested physics senior. -- Mike Rutenberg Reed College, Portland Oregon (503)239-4434 (home) BITNET: mdr@reed.bitnet UUCP: uunet!tektronix!reed!mdr NB: Facts in this note are (of course) universal-- the opinions are just mine
jec@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (James E. Conley) (03/27/89)
I am curious if BusinessLand will honor the student discounts? This might make it a lot easier for universities that are not really in the business of selling computers. Also, to the fellow that is considering the Mac for educational programming: I think that other companies will probably emulate what NeXT has done in their next generation of hardware and software, but I wouldn't expect NeXT to be resting on their laurels while they do it. James Conley Indiana University Computer Science jec@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu
bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG) (03/28/89)
In article <18951@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> jec@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (James E. Conley) writes: > > I am curious if BusinessLand will honor the student discounts? This >might make it a lot easier for universities that are not really in the business >of selling computers. (stuff deleted) > >James Conley >Indiana University Computer Science >jec@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu The story is that Businessland's price will be more like $10K. I suspct that NeXT is not so interested in universities selling the things as they are in having them *support* them. That's where the major money drain is for many companies. It remains to be seen how the support policies on Businessland-marketed machines will go, but a lot of the $10K will go to the enduser support budget for NeXT or Businessland, no doubt. John Heckendorn /\ BMUG ARPA: bmug@garnet.berkeley.EDU A__A 1442A Walnut St., #62 BITNET: bmug@ucbgarnet |()| Berkeley, CA 94709 | | (415) 549-2684 | |
d_volaric@vaxa.uwa.oz (04/01/89)
In article <8267@csli.STANFORD.EDU>, crimmins@csli.STANFORD.EDU (Mark Crimmins) writes: > > From the news radio report on KCBS in SF: > > "Steve Jobs will be selling his NEXT computers at Businessland". Personally? Might bring him down to earth some... :-) > > Mark > (crimmins@csli.stanford.edu) Darko.