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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!ukma!gatech!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!adobe!usenet
  3. From: byer@adobe.com (Scott Byer)
  4. Subject: Re: Business Week article (NeXT to dump hardware)
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan28.190819.7151@adobe.com>
  6. Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
  7. Reply-To: byer@adobe.com (Scott Byer)
  8. Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
  9. References: <1993Jan28.154717.22330@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
  10. Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:08:19 GMT
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  13.  
  14. Should NeXT continue to make hardware?
  15.  
  16. Not sure.  But consider this:
  17.  
  18. Would PostScript have been as successful if Adobe had stuck to the
  19. original plan and made printers?
  20.  
  21. It is extremely difficult to license OEMs for software.  If they
  22. think you're competing with them, it's darn near impossible.
  23.  
  24. --
  25. Scott Byer                             NeXTMail: byer@mv.us.adobe.com
  26. Adobe Systems Incorporated               These are *my* opinions, and  
  27. 1585 Charleston Road, P.O. Box 7900        do not necessarily reflect
  28. Mountain View, CA 94039-7900             the opinions of my employer.
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