Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Path: utzoo!censor!meadow!py
From: py@meadow.uucp (Peter Yeung)
Subject: Re: Mac is software - why not on NeXT?
Message-ID: <1990Nov7.173520.19813@meadow.uucp>
Reply-To: py@meadow.UUCP (Peter Yeung)
Organization: Amdahl Canada Ltd., Software Development Center
References: <1990Nov6.230749.10160@midway.uchicago.edu>
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 90 17:35:20 GMT

In article <1990Nov6.230749.10160@midway.uchicago.edu> gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
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>In article <5974@mace.cc.purdue.edu>, asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) writes...
> 
>>In <1990Nov6.160855.864@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> q4kx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Joel Sumner) writes:
>
>HUGE prices?  Compare Apple to IBM (not clones) prices.  Apple's prices are no
>"HUGER" than IBM's (or Compaq's).  It is not clear to me that the cloning of
>IBM PC's has led to particularly lower prices at IBM.  Rather, you can buy an
>IBM clone for less than an IBM.
>

At least with lesser means can buy a PC clone for their personal use.
I think one should also considering the availability of PC software v.s that 
of the Mac.

>
>In any case IBM has made most of their money from mainframes/workstations, not
>PC's.  Thus they could afford to lose market share in the PC market.  Apple

I don't think IBM's revenue on WORKSTATIONS (System 6000 and RT) is significant
in terms of % of total revenue. However, I rmembered reading that the revenue
from the PC (or PS/2) side of IBM's operations account for something like
20% of its total revenue (some correct me on that?).



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