Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu!tybalt.caltech.edu!gbrown From: gbrown@tybalt.caltech.edu (Glenn C. Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: More Macweek Rumors Message-ID: <1990Mar15.174316.17950@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu> Date: 15 Mar 90 17:43:16 GMT References: <90@ <15800095@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1990Mar7.103520.22977@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu> <39457@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: news@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 34 dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) writes: >>I hate to say this, but "Don't you think Apple would have contradicted the >>rumors of the demise of the // if they were not true? After all, the rumours >>cannot be helping sales..." >> >>--Uh, I don't know if I want to sign this. I can feel the heat already! >Public relations is not my job, and I try to stay out of nontechnical >discussions. >I just want to obvserve that if Apple *did* get in the habit of contradicting >every false rumor, then every interesting rumor that they *didn't* contradict >would be assumed true. I don't particularly *like* secrets, but if I were >running a company I don't think I would go around commenting on rumors. >David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems >Apple II Developer Technical Support | P.O. Box 875 Well, I believe that if Apple were wise, It would step up some product announcements, or do something to INDIRECTLY contradict the rumors: This way Apple could keep up their image, and not fall into the trap of having to deny every rumor that pops up. Then again, It would be nice of Apple to let people's confidence in Apple slide just before a new product is released: For example, when I got my first Apple (a //+) the //e came out exactly one month later! If Apple wants satisfied customers in the long run, maybe they SHOULD indirectly discourage sales, so people will delay buying and end up with the //e rather than the plus... Hmmm... And it is reassuring that a Apple // DTS fellow would try to be reassuring about this situation... --Glenn