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From: asg@pyuxf.UUCP (alan geller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Apple Lawsuit (was BOYCOTT APPLE, etc.)
Message-ID: <305@pyuxf.UUCP>
Date: 18 Apr 88 20:30:42 GMT
References: <22636419@ralf>
Organization: Bell Communications Research
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Summary: IBM does

In article <22636419@ralf>, Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU writes:
> In article <10378@steinmetz.ge.com>, vita@sungoddess.steinmetz (Mark F. Vita) writes:
> }Despite the recent price cuts, I still think that Apple's machines are
> }absurdly overpriced.  However, as long as Apple is making money hand
> }over fist selling at those prices, they will probably continue to do
> }so.  Also, note that part of the reason people pay such a premium
> }price for Macintoshes is to receive the benefit of the nice user
> }interface.
> 
> Also note that there are no Mac clones (yet).  If there were, Apple couldn't 
> get away with their current pricing.
> 

When was the last time you priced True Blue IBM, rather than your favorite
clone?  IBM's prices are at least as high as Apple's; it's just that the
clone manufacturers use lower prices to compete with IBM's name recognition.

Alan Geller
Bellcore
Nobody really believes that my employers take me seriously, do they?