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From: Greg_Paul_Herlihy@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Re: Boy, I bet Apple feels silly now...
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Date: 21 Sep 90 01:52:12 GMT
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>Boy, I bet Apple feels silly now.  You know, if I were going to limit
>somebody from competing with me, I'd ask him to produce _inferior_
>products, not superior ones.

>-william shipley

No, you should limit your competition to machines that don't sell very well.

From a company's point of view a superior product is one that sells and
makes money. Apple has sold about 4 million macs and is a 5 billion dollar
company.

NeXT has failed to sell even 10,000 machines, and most sold were to 
universities and with steep discounts as an inducement.

Now who looks silly?

Greg Herlihy