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From: ekwok@cadsys.UUCP (Kwok Ed)
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Subject: Re: let's be visionary for a moment...
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Date: Tue, 8-Oct-85 14:37:04 EDT
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My gut feelings tells me that it probably will be a flop. Examples of
one-good-turn-does-not-deserve-another are Encore computer, Gavilan,
Trilogy, although successes such as Amdahl, Cray Research are there.
Empirical evidence aside, reading about it in the paper, it seems that
the idea that Jobs has is this: start a new company, the product can come
later. That idea and similar ones do not in practice work (I've never
started a company, so don't quote me). So my crystal ball says, if you
are invited to chip in, do it for the friendship (possible) not for the
pocket book.

-- 
So there ...

Disclaimer : Why do a need a disclaimer? All opinions above are mine and
nobody else's. So if you would please step outside ...

Edward C. Kwok
Intel Corp.,
Santa Clara, CA 95051.
(408)-987-8080