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- From: wierda@ltb.ltb.bso.nl (Gerben Wierda)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: NT: please define vapor.
- Message-ID: <2052@ltb.ltb.bso.nl>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 08:04:48 GMT
- References: <1992Sep10.231139.3436@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- Organization: BSO/LT, Baarn, The Netherlands
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- In <1992Sep10.231139.3436@cbnewse.cb.att.com> cafe@cbnewse.cb.att.com (richard.dib) writes:
-
- >There is no doubt that NeXTStep is a lot better than NT. That does not
- >mean that NeXTStep is going to sell more than NT. First, NT is cheaper.
- >If you buy the pre-release for $69.00 you get a free upgrade. Second,
- >NT will be running in more platforms than NeXTStep (in the near future).
- >Third, NT has the applications that NeXTStep still does not have.
-
- I don't see a NT yet, let alone one that has applications. What I did see was
- the alpha release of some hidden kernel and services and the windows program
- manager and a DOS emulation on top. Plus some small debugging apps like memory
- scanners. The latter made me very cautious about the availability of NT. If
- they need those, they won't get it out in a very usable form before end 93.
- (Besides, the kernel with the Windows GUI and some servioces like printer
- drivers etc toook up 22MB on a MIPS4000 system this spring and that makes it
- something that will need very much more horsepower)
-
- The fact that I can run DOS or windows3.1 (which is DOS also) under NT doesn't
- make those apps NT apps. I can run those under SOftPC on a Sun, a Mac, etc.
- and of course a NeXT.
-
- >I might buy NeXTStep for my PC depending on the price. I already bought NT
- >(for $69.00 how couldn't I?), and it does not seem VAPOR-WARE to me.
- >I know more than 30 people at work that already bought NT. I only know
- >two people that use NeXT at work.
-
- The issue here is: What can I do with NT now? Mainly use DOS. And develop (but
- not as smooth as on a NeXT). This is the smartest thing I have seen so far in
- the software industry: sell a system for $69 that is not complete and create a
- "market" in figures just because of that. NeXT should sell NS/486 licenses for
- $10 and let people pay for "media" when the stuff is shipped.
-
- I really admire the sales department of Microsoft.
-
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