Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!vaxc.iastate.edu!TAAB5 From: taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future Message-ID: <1991Jun10.105947.22470@news.iastate.edu> Date: 10 Jun 91 10:59:47 GMT References: <6678@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1991Jun03.053144.3208@ariel.unm.edu> <1991Jun4.003619.3661@news.iastate.edu> <25233@well.sf.ca.us> <23@ryptyde.UUCP> <50144@ut-emx.uucp> <11977@hub.ucsb.edu>,<1991Jun9.183551.3565@neon.Stanford.E Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Lines: 34 In article <1991Jun9.183551.3565@neon.Stanford.EDU>, torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie) writes: > 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. According to Commodore's 1990 annual report, Commodore spent $27.7 million on R&D in 1990. If Commodore spends at the same level in 1991, they may break $30 million in R&D spending. Wow, that's actually more than 5% of the amount that Apple is spending on R&D! > >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Evan Torrie. Stanford University, Class of 199? torrie@cs.stanford.edu > "Apes evolved from creationists" - seen on a bumper sticker. ------------------------------------------------------------- / Marc Barrett -MB- | BITNET: XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET / / ISU COM S Student | Internet: XGR39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU / ------------------------------------------------------------ \ The great thing about standards is that / \ there are so many of them to choose from. / -------------------------------------------------------