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From: dlmnm@dcatla.UUCP (Michael N. Moran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: The Death of Apple Computer (Was: Apple Gets Greedier)
Keywords: Apple, Mac, Prices, Rip-off
Message-ID: <9257@dcatla.UUCP>
Date: 19 Sep 88 12:39:32 GMT
References: <70@bridge2.3Com.Com> <and> <others> <1356@sunny3.che.clarkson.edu>
Reply-To: dlmnm@sunc.UUCP (Michael N. Moran)
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Organization: DCA Inc., Alpharetta, GA
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>Can they get away with it?  Well yes and no.  Yes in that people are
>perfectly right in that Apple is free to charge whatever they like and
>we're free to take our business elsewhere.  I can't argue with that, but
>that's short sighted thinking.
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>  [stuff deleted] However, now
>isn't the time for *safe* thinking.  Apple has the opportunity they've
>always wanted and they should strike while the iron is hot.
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> [stuff deleted] Increasing the price
>to what the market can bear will produce the advertised result: demand
>will go down.  However, this demand may go away and never return.  What
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>I'm advocating certainly isn't safe or appealing, but no one is going to
>topple the MS-DOS world by wielding a pillow and Apple's chances will
>probably never be this good again. 

>Jim Kweeder

AMEN ...

It's in everyone's interest (except big blue) to want the best product 
to survive the war against technical mediocrity.

there ... i said it and i feel better ...

mike