John Carmack: Why Was Doom Developed on a NeXT?

Well yes the comment about spending 10 or 15K on a computer wasn't that big of deal was certainly true.

A sun Sparc in 1995 with awesome specs would cost you vastly more... and by awesome specs we are talking

"256 megabytes of RAM, a 4 gigabyte hard disk, and 20-inch monitor. It costs $59,995."

John Carmack has a tendency to pop up and actually comment whenever he or Doom are mentioned somewhere. Another example:

http://kotaku.com/thanks-a-few-comments-in-some-ways-i-still...