Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!ists!yunexus!philip From: philip@yunexus.yorku.ca (Phil McDunnough) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: 60 Minutes Message-ID: <22185@yunexus.YorkU.CA> Date: 31 Mar 91 21:47:41 GMT References: <8306@crash.cts.com> Sender: news@yunexus.YorkU.CA Organization: York University, Toronto, Ont. Lines: 34 In article declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) writes: [description of today's marketing ways] >In the end, that's what drives companies to >make decisions - the romance is over, enter the MBA. >-Declan Well, we shall see about that. I should like to think that the era of the MBA type is coming to an end, and fast. It's only a matter of time before people see through much of the marketing hype surrounding cars, computers, etc...Software that costs $300 or so, which should be selling for $50, will eventually be seen for what it is. I find it rather humorous that there are plenty of C() compilers out there making people fortunes when few if any can compete with GNU C(). One of the problems Canada has been having is a surplus of MBA types, lawyers, accountants,etc...and a shortage of engineers,scientists,etc... Computer companies like HP used to be run by engineers. They are now run by bean counters. I will never forget what they did to my transportable HP-UX box called the Integral( dropped it) and the way they deengineered their micro line in order to be PC compatible. We have enough sheep in the world. In the longer term, it is ideas and not marketing tricks that survive. And, for the record, Apple has a great computer in the GS. It's quite unique, and they'd be foolish not to use it wisely. Philip McDunnough NeXT/GS Mail->philip@utstat.utoronto.ca