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From: fadden@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple shoots own foot
Summary: Actually, both feet...
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Date: 22 Jan 90 07:52:10 GMT
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In article <281.25b9a6d8@desire.wright.edu> w0033@desire.wright.edu writes:
>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.

There was a recent article in the San Jose Mercury, about how Apple has been
ignoring it's lower end models... not just the //gs, but the Macintosh models
below the SE/30.  Every one of their ads that I've seen has shown a Mac II
(large screen with color...).

Apple doesn't hate the Apple II anymore, it just doesn't care whether or
not it lives or dies.  Yes, it makes a profit.  For now.  When the // line
ceases to make a profit, it will cease to be produced or supported.  Yes,
it could be more profitable if Apple spent money on hardware R&D, but that's
not the direction that Apple wishes to take.

Apple Computer, Inc. doesn't make computers.

Apple Computer, Inc. makes money.

-- 
fadden@cory.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
...!ucbvax!cory!fadden

Disclaimer: the "money not computers" lines were originally part of somebody's
	    speech about IBM...