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From: w0033@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple shoots own foot
Message-ID: <281.25b9a6d8@desire.wright.edu>
Date: 21 Jan 90 17:11:04 GMT
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The rumors about Apple spinning off the II line into another company (ala
Claris) has been floating around most of the BBSes in the Dayton area. And most
of the posts I have seen have been pro-split. Whether or not this would really
fix anything is hard to tell, but most people seem to think it would help.
There was one nomination of Steve Wozniak as president of the new company. I
would guess that the way Appple is handling things that they want the II line
to die quietly. They have lumped the GS and all II lines together so that the
high selling GS gets cut down by the lower volume C+ and others. I was looking
at the PC COmputing 500 from a year ago and it showed the GS is the #3 selling
slot, outselling all the Mac models and many of the IBM clones. Since that time
I'm sure sales have slowed thanks to Apple's aniti-II marketing. Why do they
keep shooting themselves in the foot? If the II line sells, they should
support it, not kill it.