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- From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
- Subject: Re: A rosy forecast for 93
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.042450.20534@cs.yale.edu>
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- Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
- References: <Jan01.223703.26806@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 04:24:50 GMT
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- In article <Jan01.223703.26806@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- randall@redfish.atmos.colostate.edu (Dave Randall) writes:
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- > An optimistic forecast for 93
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- > 1. Faster 040 machines are introduced early in the year.
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- Where the heck is Motorola with the 40 MHz 68040???
-
- > Prices on slabs are cut.
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- Six months late, but we'll take it!
-
- > An inexpensive color upgrade for the cube is announced,
- > and it becomes clear that the cube has a future.
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- The economics of creating such a board strongly argue
- against such a color offering. I do think there will
- be a 40 MHz 68040 offering, and that may well be the
- final cube upgrade.
-
- > ND officially dies, though.
-
- As long as there are cubes, why not keep a few in stock?
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- > 2. NeXTSTEP 486 is released almost on time, and is
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- > 3. A NeXT-Cannon luggable (brief-case sized) machine is
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- > 4. The NRW turns out to be based on multiple HP PA-RISC
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- > 5. A port of NeXTSTEP to SPARC is announced, and reaches
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- > 6. NeXTSTEP 486 achieves sales of 250,000 units in 1993,
- > mostly to business and government.
- >
- > 7. NeXT's revenues reach $350 million for 1993. An IPO is
- > planned for early 1994.
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- If the folks at NeXT really read this group, I'll bet most
- of them have tight pants over those last two predictions ;-)
-
- Cheers!
-
- --
- Nathan Janette
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