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- From: philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)
- Subject: Re: Business Week article (NeXT to dump hardware)
- Message-ID: <C1ArLs.A1C@utstat.toronto.edu>
- Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
- References: <MS-C.727314477.1103527590.mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> <1993Jan22.081439.24884@btree.uucp>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 08:01:03 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.081439.24884@btree.uucp> bly@btree.uucp (Roger Bly) writes:
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- >Really looks like Steve is going to have to dump the hardware business
- >to keep NeXT and NeXTStep going. With deals in the works with Compaq,
- >HP, etc. It looks like NeXT will be a software company by the end of the year.
- >But of course, software is where all the value/money is!
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- In my opinon dropping out of the hardware business would be a terrible
- mistake and a very real setback in computing to those who don't only care
- about speed.
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- Philip McDunnough
- University of Toronto
- philip@utstat.toronto.edu
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