***Kinetix: "Yes... but:"
by Malisa L. Burkeen
WAVE #606 contained two stories addressing recent moves by Kinetix. Our
e-mail has since contained "just a few clarifications" from them, which
we thought should be passed on.
According to Kinetix, "The +10K number of MAX sales was of June 30th and
did not include localized version sales (which had just been released in
5 languages then)." In addition, "The attractive upgrade offers are still
in effect for Asia/Pacific and Europe (which is over 1/2 of our installed
base). . .we cannot disclose more accurate numbers, only that +10K was at
that date."
Labeling Kinetix's move from NT a "crisis of confidence" was hotly
denied. The reason for the shift was explained: "The compatibility was
done primarily to help those users that have requested it (the majority
of these being in the education market)."
And finally, Kinetix claims that the decision to hold the DEC Alpha
version was not because of insufficient volume of Alpha NTs, as
previously stated, but was "due to price/performance comparisons to the
multipe/P6's and the floating point exception particular to the Alpha."
Take it all in and decide for yourself - we thought it would only be fair
to print both sides of the story.
Contact: www.kinetix.com
Wave Issue 9607 8/30/96 Article 5-01