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From: mazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu (Lawrence J. Mazlack)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Retailer drops Mac
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Date: Mon, 31-Mar-86 18:27:23 EST
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Keywords: Incompetence Obselesence Shoddy Sears

>> Without comment, from today's Wall Street Journal:
>> 	   CHICAGO--Sears, Roebuck & Co. said it is discontinuing sales
>> 	of Apple Compter Inc.'s Macintosh computer systems at its
>> 	103 Business Systems Centers.
>
>At last some *GOOD* news.  A retailer like Sears could give Macintosh a bad
>name.  I have one basic rule that governs my purchases at that establishment:
>

Myself, I think that it is a reflection of reality of the Mac as a busness
machine.  The business world needs reliable support from the manufacturer.
Likewise, the business world needs to have equipment they purchase be
upward compatible as they have to pay people to develop applications.
As Apple offers truely shoddy support and abandons users when they come
out with new iron (think about what happened to Apple /// and Lisa users),
a sane business would have to think awfully hard before buying something
other than DEC or IBM (maybe ATT&T or HP).

All the Sears decision does is reflect the reality of the business buyer's
needs.  Macs are still nice for uses that are stand-alone (i.e., no-growth,
no-communication, no integration with other users).

Larry Mazlack
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