The New UNIX Box: Second Design Round, and Reply Summary
Rich A. Hammond
hammond at petrus.UUCP
Tue Jul 1 22:50:07 AEST 1986
A recent survey posted by Joseph Weinstein asked:
> Would you be interested in a small, FAST UNIX desktop:
... (specs for box)
>
> Write me or call me. If I get enough yes votes, we're
> gonna build it.
Of course, I'd be interested in such a box, BUT I wouldn't buy one!
The question is not how many people are interested, but how many people
are willing to budget/spend money on it.
AT&T learned this the hard way (cost $) with the UNIX PC, I understand
they bought quite a few from Convergent and got nice reviews, but no
sales. Pity, it is a fairly nice box (if you put in more memory) for
the price.
Rich Hammond
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