Rank Last Item Comment 1 3 JPEG compression 2 10 NeXT portable/notebook Get a '486 3 8 Full-featured CAD software Designers clamoring 4 2 Expanded marketing message Developers clamoring 5 3 OD survival Cube owners 6 5 $99/MIPS workstation Magic price/performance goal 7 - NeXT management stability Late entry rising fast 8 9 Better sysadmin support Licensing, configuration management 9 - 3-D modeling package On top of 3DKit 10 U&C* Choice of keyboards UNIX users prefer the old one
Item Comment Examples of NeXTlinks Proof of concept Low-cost entry-level system Can Canon make it cheap? Extended text object Missed NeXTSTEP 3.0 Time-based media standard Better than QuickTime NeXTSTEP port to SPARCstations Second step for software strategy
Item Comment 16-bit color upgrade path Reward original buyers End-user relational database Custom apps not for everyone World-class service/support New pricing plan a mixed blessing Reasonable RAM/storage Pricing on configured Turbos a help Multiuser project-management Standard IPC application software
Item Date Removed Comment NeXT marketing message Nov. 1991 Custom apps 3-D graphics/animation ** Jan. 1992 3DKit in NeXTSTEP 3.0 Inexpensive color printer ** Jan. 1992 NeXT Color Printer NeXTWORLD Expo Jan. 1992 First of many OS distribution via CD-ROM ** Jan. 1992 When 3.0 ships NeXTSTEP port to Intel PCs ** Jan. 1992 Ship date slips NeXT support for Mac floppies ** Jan. 1992 NeXTSTEP 3.0 Services for linking applications ** Jan. 1992 3.0's object linking Hypertext authoring system Jan. 1992 CraftMan ships Page-layout program July 1992 PasteUp ships Built-in MIDI ports or card May 1992 MIDI Link from Quest* On Up-and-Coming list last quarter
** Announced but not shipping