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From: jyen@Apple.COM (John Yen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Preemptive/Cooperative, and the future of the MAC (long)
Message-ID: <12955@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 91 23:37:40 GMT
References: <1991Apr3.173623.17264@unislc.uucp>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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Douglas Barrett writes:
> But the BIG
> question is (ironically) can *Apple* survive the change from a closed,
> proprietary, margins driven company to an open, quantity driven one?
> Apple started as a low cost, open alternative to the large companys of the
> day, so maybe they can.  But maybe they are too long in the tooth to
> remember, or even care.

We remember.  (Lookit that geezer, 25 years old and still walking...:-) )
We care.

John Yen  jyen@apple.com  7.0 kernel test team
Disclaimer: #include <disclaimer.h>
Oh, chill out, I'm just reading while I scarf dinner.  I'll get back to I/O
in a couple minutes...:-)