ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) (09/21/90)
---------- Forwarded message begins here ---------- X-Andrew-WideReply: netnews.comp.sys.next X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 0;andrew.cmu.edu;Network-Mail Received: via nntppoll with nntp; Tue, 18 Sep 90 21:58:52 -0400 (EDT) Path: andrew.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!udel!wuarchive!zaph od.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ogicse!milton!wjs From: wjs@milton.u.washington.edu (William Shipley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Boy, I bet Apple feels silly now... Summary: The NeXT sure isn't competing with the Mac. No sir. Message-ID: <7753@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 18 Sep 90 22:35:48 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 25 In the BaNG Journal volume 1 number 1, page 15, Michael Mayer quotes Bud Tribble (VP of Software Engineering at NeXT) on the restrictions Apple placed on NeXT five years ago, in order to ensure they didn't compete: "They said that any new machine NeXT developed had to to run at 20 MHz or more and have at least 4 MB of RAM, 100 MB of disk space and one million pixels on the screen. We were thrilled. These were almost exactly the minimum standards we had set for ourselves." Well, today at the big unveiling Jobs announced the NeXTstation (which will be reviewed to death by others, so I'll be brief), which NeXT document number N6030 describes as: 8 MB of RAM, 105 MB of hard disk, and a MegaPixel display. And a 68040. All for $4,995 retail. Boy, I bet Apple feels silly now. You know, if I were going to limit somebody from competing with me, I'd ask him to produce _inferior_ products, not superior ones. -william shipley NOTE: See how everything in this posting is from published sources!