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- From: ocean!rosario (Rosario Perry)
- Subject: Re: Holiday NeXT Sale!!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.070804.2147@oceanlaw.com>
- Sender: rosario@oceanlaw.com
- References: <1992Dec24.055728.16243@crl.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 07:08:04 GMT
- Lines: 64
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- In article <1992Dec24.055728.16243@crl.com> smg@orb.com (Samuel M.
- Goldberger) writes:
- > 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
-
- I , for one, appreciate the information. It's a lot better than reading
- some dribble about the end of next.
- --
-
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- Rosario Perry
- rosario@oceanlaw.com
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- Rosario Perry
- rosario@oceanlaw.com
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