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From: bruce@atncpc.UUCP (Bruce Henderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Boy, I bet Apple feels silly now...
Summary: gag...
Message-ID: <337@atncpc.UUCP>
Date: 23 Sep 90 21:17:51 GMT
References: <7753@milton.u.washington.edu> <34109@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Ashton Tate NCPC, San Jose, CA.
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In article <34109@cup.portal.com>, Greg_Paul_Herlihy@cup.portal.com writes:
> >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


you do.... 

read the facts.

Where will Apple price the (eventual) '040 mac
.. most likely above the "fx" ($11,000)

Now if it is that (with no monitor, software
ore even A STINKING KEYBOARD!) against a 
$5,000.00 machine, with fewer (although 
quite capeable) packages, well, I would say that 
at least a few people will take the $5,000.00
option.  At least enough to keep a small company
(like NeXT) solvent.

Bruce Henderson
Ashton Tate NeXTeam