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- From: smg@orb.com (Samuel M. Goldberger)
- Subject: Re: Holiday NeXT Sale!!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.055728.16243@crl.com>
- Sender: usenet@crl.com
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- Organization: CR Labs - Internet Dialup Access (415-389-UNIX guest)
- References: <1992Dec24.021222.7501@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:57:28 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In article <1992Dec24.021222.7501@netcom.com> jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim Lynch)
- writes:
- > To:
- > Samuel M. Goldberger smg@orb.com--NeXT Mail OK
- > Spherical Solutions, 47 Myrtle Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941
- > 415.383.7512--voice 415.381.9556--fax
- >
- > You must know that commercial posting is not permitted, yet here you are.
-
- Sorry to offend, but I must differ. Shortly after this group was begun, Glenn
- Reid of RightBrain posted a summer special; so did Dave Peter of HSD. Then I
- did. And so have other developers.
-
- I'm not trying to abuse this group; rather to offer what I (and many of those
- who have responded to my Holiday Sale) believe to be a rather unique
- opportunity to the NeXT community. If I were buying rather than selling, I
- would most certainly want to know about the availability of used systems at
- deep discount.
-
- Morevoer, from a business perspective, I could do far better for myself by
- marketing these machines to large corporations at substantially higher prices.
- I have explicitly chosen not to do this, but rather to offer them to
- individuals, students and academic institutions over the net. That way, I don't
- have to hire a big staff and create a large advertising budget, the costs of
- which would inevitably have to be borne by the customer.
-
- The reason is that I believe in the platform and the philosophy of computing
- that it represents. However, the NeXT marketplace is very small. Circulation of
- capital (and diffusion of machines) through that small market makes it
- healthier and helps it grow.
-
- --
- Samuel M. Goldberger smg@orb.com--NeXT Mail OK
- Spherical Solutions, 47 Myrtle Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941
- 415.383.7512--voice 415.381.9556--fax
-