Re: Plans for change.... (minor correct of previous post)

[Philippe C.D. Robert]

Hmmm..

On 18.12.2006, at 02:57, Gregory John Casamento wrote:

> > And NeXT clearly failed with this strategy ;-)
>
> To go into all of the reasons why NeXT failed is beyond the scope of
> this email.  But, suffice it to say, it wasn't this strategy that  
> failed them,
> it was the idea that you could charge $10,000.00 per machine and  
> $5,000
> per development seat and be profitable. :)

You misunderstood me ;-)

I was saying that NeXT failed with the OpenStep strategy! This never  
really took off, especially after SUN dropped their OPENSTEP effort.  
NeXT was successful with the NEXTSTEP 3.x OS (or OPENSTEP Mach 4.x  
that is) and WebObjects/EOF.

-Phil
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