Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!declan From: declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: 60 Minutes Message-ID: Date: 31 Mar 91 18:20:20 GMT References: <8306@crash.cts.com> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 17 In article <8306@crash.cts.com>, lbotez@pro-sol.cts.com (Lynda Botez) writes: > I just don't understand how a company can continually put down one of its > own products; but then, Apple will always remain a mystery to me. But Lynda, they're putting down one of their products in favor of another of their products. Companies often do that: no, don't buy our Model X when you can get our Model Z for $2,000 more - it's got more features! To look at it from a purely empirical viewpoint, the Macintosh will be easier to support in the long run, and Apple will be able to make more money on it than they could with the Apple II (though they could possibly support both). In the end, that's what drives companies to make decisions - the romance is over, enter the MBA. -Declan