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- From: cowboy@trans.csuohio.edu (Joe Rosenfeld)
- Subject: Re: The Future of Next, Inc.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.213055.5841@news.csuohio.edu>
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- Organization: Cleveland State University
- References: <1992Dec27.165047.8180@squid9.cuc.ab.ca>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 21:30:55 GMT
- Lines: 95
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- In article <1992Dec27.165047.8180@squid9.cuc.ab.ca> terry@squid9.cuc.ab.ca (Terry
- Wilcox) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec27.015305.27995@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- > underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes:
- > > Hi everyone.
- > >
- > > This is my "anniversary" post since about 1 year ago, I posted an
- > > article pointing out that Mr. Job's announcement of a public stock
- > > offering was really an attempt to raise the value of the stock so that
- > > those with a vested interest could unload all their (eventually
- > > worthless) stock. I also pointed out that if Mr. Jobs were smart,
- > > he would switch the central processor in upcoming Next machines to
- > > a SPARC chip and would switch manufacturing facilities to someplace
- > > like Thailand. (By "smart", I mean, "wanting a company that is
- > > profitable.)
- > >
- >
- > Somehow I doubt that your predictions will ever be taken seriously. If you
- > really knew so much, you would have your own multi-million dollar company and
- > you would be charging for advice.
-
- So, if you are not a "professional" consultant then nobody should listen to you?? Are you a
- professional critic?
-
- >
- > > Well, I was laughed off this place. True, I did err about the stock
- > > announcement; Mr. Jobs did announce that the company _would_ go public
- > > but _had_ not yet gone public at the time. (I erroneously thought that
- > > he had already gone public.) Several people pointed out--huffy and puffy
- > > --that Next was doing fabulously well and should not switch to a SPARC
- > > chip and that moving manufacturing facilities to Thailand wouldn't
- > > help a bit.
- > >
- >
- > Thailand wouldn't help a bit. NeXT would merely get stuck with the image of
- > child-prostitution promoters. And look at the current round of protectionism
- > rising in the States. NeXT would be crushed by tariffs if it manufactured in
- > Thailand. It's better off staying where it is or moving to Canada or Mexico
- > (NAFTA makes the two attractive).
-
- I think you are correct here.
-
- >
- > > Think again.
- >
- > I just did. It still doesn't make sense to sell the factory (at a loss) and
- > move offshore (especially Thailand).
- >
- > > I just read the status of Next, Inc. in the latest issue of the
- > > Economist. The line in the 1st paragraph reads, approximately,
- > >
- > > "Next, Inc. has yet to turn a profit".
- > >
- >
- > Since NeXT is a privately owned company, it doesn't have to release numbers to
- > anyone. I wonder where the Economist got its facts?
- >
- > > At the end of the article, it notes that a high-ranked official had
- > > jumped ship and moved to Sun Microsystems. Mr. Job laments that
- > > Sun may yet crush the daylights out of his company.
- > >
- > So Bud Tribble left. Big deal. We all know about it. If you read the newsgroups
- > more often than once a year, you would realize this is old news. Your once a
- > year posting means you miss most of the news generated over the year.
-
- He never said he READS only once a year. Had a bad holiday, did you, hmmm??
-
- >
- > > So, if Mr. Jobs is reading this, I wish him well and again offer the same
- > > advice. Keep R & D in the USA but move _all_ manufacturing facilities
- > > to Thailand. For crying out loud, use the Matsushita-designed 64-bit
- > > SPARC chip. So, what do you care if people laugh because you chose
- > > the SPARC chip? You will earn enough money to _burn_.
- >
- > I still don't get it. NeXT hires professionals whose sole purpose is to make
- > sure NeXT isn't wasting money. Along comes some nobody with free advice. Should
- > Steve:
- >
- > a) listen to trained professionals
- > b) listen to some nobody
- > c) none of the above.
-
- This is argumentative. Who cares if Jobs is listening to your classes? this person has the right
- to make a posting and the right to be wrong also. You have the right to criticize anyone you
- want, and I have the right to point out you sound like you are having a bad day.
-
- >
- > Terry Wilcox
- > --
- > Terry Wilcox | 'Next to the originator of a good sentence
- > terry@squid9.cuc.ab.ca | is the first quoter of it.'
- > NeXTmail welcome | - RALPH WALDO EMERSON
-
-
- Cowboy
-