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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Loss of Mac's 20% over Windows 3.0 : The TRUTH
Message-ID: <1990Jul11.133528.18467@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 11 Jul 90 13:35:28 GMT
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In article <1990Jul10.184527.4259@siia.mv.com> drd@siia.mv.com (David Dick) writes:
>In <77516@aerospace.AERO.ORG> doner@aerospace.aero.org (John Doner) writes:
>
>>In article <1990Jul3.113921.1299@d.cs.okstate.edu> minich@d.cs.okstate.edu (Robert Minich) writes:
>>>  I personally think it is in Apple's best interests to come as close to
>>>giving away Macs as is possible to increase the installed base. In the
>>>long run, this would be very beneficial.
>
>>Do that, and they won't be around for the long run, or if they are, we won't
>>care.  The money for all that R & D, developing and improving user interfaces,
>>innovative software like Hypercard, etc., let alone the hardware, has to come
>>from somewhere.  The only way Apple could sell computers at PC-clone prices
>>would be to give up its future; they could lay off the research staff, and
>>start pumping out lots of cheap variations on the SE.  This would expand
>>market share for a while.  Then what?
>
>Japanese companies seem to have been doing just fine concentrating on 
>market share instead of taking the immediate profits.  Do they
>"give up [their] future" when they do this?  I don't think so.
>
How many Japanese microcomputer companies (besides clone-makers, which are
a different animal) are there?  What is their market share, relative to
Apple, IBM, and Compaq.

Sure, Apple could turn into a clone-maker-- I doubt many of Apple's customers
or shareholders want that, though.
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