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From: chuq@sun.uucp (Chuq Von Rospach)
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Subject: Re: Running in place
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Date: Tue, 22-Jul-86 13:55:23 EDT
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> Mostly just the old ones questioning why Apple dropped the Lisa line originally.
> Doing so both was technically questionable and lost the confidence of the
> business community - a confidence that Apple still has yet to recover.
> 
> Larry Mazlack

This seems to continue to be a popular myth.  Mac's now significantly
outsell the Apple ][, Apple just announced record sales and profits, and
they are selling as many as they can make, while IBM is moaning and groaning
about market share.  If that is lack of confidence, I don't want to see
rampant enthusiasm.

The only people who continue to believe in the lack of confidence in the
business community are the business writers.  Mac's are showing up all over
the place, and Excel has given them a powerful tool to use it (the failure
of Jazz didn't kill the mac, either, as many were wont to claim...

Why is it that so many people want to act like John Dvorak and ignore
reality? That Mac isn't a failure, no matter how hard you may wish...

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