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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
Message-ID: <1991Jun9.183551.3565@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Sender: torrie@neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie)
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Ca , USA
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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1991 18:35:51 GMT
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6600dmx@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Richard A. Boyd) writes:

>In article <50144@ut-emx.uucp> awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes:

>>Nope, Apple is selling more computers than ever.  Unfortunately, stockholders
>>aren't interested in long term businesses strategies.  They see profit margins
>>dropping and they sell stock.  

>>Apple is sitting on a gigabuck in cash.  It'll be a while before they're in
>>serious trouble.

>Actually, Apple is already in some financial
>trouble.  There stock value is falling, their sales
>are, in fact, down (despite their new "low-cost"
>Macs).  

  Huh?  From Apple's Second Quarter report:

(in thousands)
                   Three months Ended             Six Months Ended
              Mar 29, 1991  Mar 30, 1990     Mar 29, 1991  Mar 30, 1990
Net Sales      1,597,678     1,346,202        3,273,184     2,839,585

  Looks like sales are up to me.

[Side note:  The Research and Development figures are interesting]

R&D              146,450       115,235          286,515       221,546

  Looks like Apple might get close to $600 million on R&D this year.

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