Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!slxsys!dircon!uad1077 From: uad1077@dircon.uucp Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Sun's Competitive Strategy (Was: Re: P1754 Message-ID: <1990Nov25.194404.3376@dircon.uucp> Date: 25 Nov 90 19:44:04 GMT References: <1990Nov16.225515.494@zoo.toronto.edu> <6749@uceng.UC.EDU> Organization: The Direct Connection, UK Lines: 19 Dan Mocsny writes: > Consider where Apple computer would be right now if it had made > cloning the Mac easy. Consider where DEC would be if it had made While I largely agree with your analysis of Sun's move, Apple are perhaps the crwoning example that shows there is another way. Apple often seem to be downplayed by netters, perhaps because they sell so many machines to non-computer users... It's hard to imagine that the market for Macs could be many times bigger if they were clonable. In a sense the Mac follows the Japanese consumer electronics thing of making sure that everyone who sees one WANTS one. -- Ian D. Kemmish Tel. +44 767 601 361 18 Durham Close uad1077@dircon.UUCP Biggleswade ukc!dircon!uad1077 Beds SG18 8HZ United Kingd uad1077%dircon@ukc.ac.uk