From: szatrows@gandalf.rutgers.edu (John Kheit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy
Subject: POLL RESULTS: Cube or Not? Cube.
Date: 11 Nov 92 07:23:14 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Ok here are the results to the should the cube die or not questions I
posted abo
ut a week or so ago...

An overview and summary of what people said:

People want the cube...
People pretty much liked the cube and thought the design of the cube
is 
very good; especially for multiprocessing (i.e. change the bus add
some
boards and go).  However, they feel uneasy because they feel NeXT may
abandoned the cube and that makes it less attractive (i.e. the
perception
that NeXT has a bad attitude towards the cube makes the users have a
bad
attitude towards the cube).  People think that NeXT could increase
sales
by providing more upgrade options and somewhat reducing the price on
the
cube.  One item that people agreed would increase sales was a
'completed'
NeXTdimension board.

The OD issue was more of a 50/50 split...
People really like the idea of having a common OD format to make data
interchange better, but feel that NeXT should concentrate on other
things.
They dont feel that removable mass storage devices will increase
sales.
However, one person mentioned that the OD is somewhat like the cube in
differentiating NeXT from just another computer maker; and if IBM can
offer a 3.5" OD why cant NeXT?


A break down of the Yes/No type questions:

- 1.)	Do you want the Cube platform to continue to be offered as a
- NeXT hardware platform option? (Yes/No)

Yes               No
30                2

-About 65 to 75% of the 'yes' responses were from cube owners.
-One of the 'no' responses was from a cube owner.
-One of the yes responses wanted the cube only because there is no
other
expandable NeXT, but would probably prefer a brick if it came out.


Major reasons for wanting it around:

-I own one.
-It is ideal for multi-processing and if more options were available
the
cube would sell better.
-NeXTdimension, if finished, would increase sales.


Reasons for killing the cube:

-Its not selling well.
-NeXT doesn't seem to want to support it.


- 6.)	This is kind of off topic but...Would you like NeXT to offer
- an optical OPTION (meaning it would not be a standard issued device

Yes               No
19                13


Major reasons for Yes:

-The information on a NeXT is typically huge and this makes moving
such
information easier.


Major reasons for No:

-People were burned by the original OD so they would rather let 3rd
parties
deal with the OD market.
-Also it wont increase sales so NeXT should concentrate on other
things.


- 10.)	If you said No to question #6; Do you think NeXT should make
- ANY other removable media device and option for the NeXT platform
- (i.e. maybe 21 meg flopticals/DAT for backup/etc) and do you think
it
- would help sell more NeXTs?

Yes               No
9                 4


Major reasons for Yes:

-A removable mass storage device will facilitate the moving of huge
amounts
of data.


Major reasons against:

-NeXT should concentrate on other things and it wont increase sales.
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