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From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (john  cavallino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Apple Computer wins ruling against 'Windows'
Message-ID: <1991Mar19.165550.6081@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 91 16:55:50 GMT
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In article <1991Mar19.154536.31566@m.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) writes:
>pfr654@csc.anu.edu.au writes:
>
>>In article <46873@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) writes:
>>> Apple Computer wins ruling against 'Windows'
>
>>GO APPLE!!!
>
>>I always was suspicious of Windows. I am hoping for a final ruling something 
>>like that of the Polaroid vs Kodak suit, where the poor suckers who have 
>>bought Windows to try to turn their miserable PCs into Macs are left out in 
>>the cold :-)
>
>I suppse you're unhappy because you didn't pay enough for your
>macintosh, and you'd like to pay more.  Listen up everyone.  One of
>the reasons for the recent price drops throughout the macintosh line
>is Windows 3.0.  Microsoft has prompted Apple to lower its prices, and
>yet, some bozos are slamming Microsoft for it.  You should not bite
>the hand that feeds you.
 ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ????!!!!

Apple lowered its prices and introduced less costly models because it was
LOSING MARKET SHARE.  Period.  This slide began long before Windows 3 was
released.  It also appears to have been reversed.  I've read recent
statements from industry analysts along the lines of "...astonishing
rebound...", "...complete turnaround...", etc., concerning Apple's recent
sales.  I think they were +50% in fourth quarter '90.

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