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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Sun's Competitive Strategy (Was: Re: P1754
Message-ID: <1990Dec2.014554.3491@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 2 Dec 90 01:45:54 GMT
References: <1990Nov16.225515.494@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Nov25.194404.3376@dircon.uucp> <1635@unix386.Convergent.COM>
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In article <1635@unix386.Convergent.COM>, dtynan@unix386.Convergent.COM (Dermot Tynan) writes:
|> In article <1990Nov25.194404.3376@dircon.uucp>, uad1077@dircon.uucp writes:
|> > It's hard to imagine
|> > that the market for Macs could be many times bigger if they were
|> > clonable.
|> [...] I'm not saying
|> I prefer the Mac interface, just that the majority of the computer-buying
|> public do.  That majority would be a lot larger, if the machine sold, say,
|> for $600.00!  It would be a prerequisite in every new home in America (3
|> bedrooms, washer, dryer, Mac II).  AT&T were very embarrassed, when the
|> Federal Government demanded they lower their charges, and they started
|> making *more* money.  A lesson lost on the "Pepsi" generation at Apple.
Maybe they've learnt at last. The new Classic costs $750 at the Stanford
Bookstore, and the waiting list for them is 2 months long.
-- 
Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu


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