Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jm7e+ From: jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Amiga Message-ID: Date: 29 Oct 89 03:38:31 GMT References: <21482@gryphon.COM>, <36007@apple.Apple.COM> Organization: Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: <36007@apple.Apple.COM> mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) writes: >I'm sure the shareholders would find it just dandy to find a huge Apple II >advertising budget if it didn't have a decent rate of return. They'd probably >ask the executive staff why they spent the money, and they'd reply "We didn't >want to hurt the feelings of the installed base." If I had to watch out for >the feelings of the installed base, I'd do it with things like 5.0; major new >functionality inexpensively or free. Still, I'd like to see the installed base get a little more numbersome. Perhaps if the installed base did some creative investing? Yow! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | Jeremy Mereness | Support | Disclaimer: | | jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (internet) | Free | The above represent my | | r746jm7e@cmccvb (Vax... bitnet) | Software | opinions, alone. | | a student at Carnegie Mellon U. | | Void where prohibited. | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------