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From: tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple VS IBM
Message-ID: <690@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 8 Feb 89 15:37:52 GMT
References: <8901270656.AA01616@crash.cts.com> <6258@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <25073@apple.Apple.COM> <2312@uokmax.UUCP> <2804@m2-net.UUCP> <9592@smoke.BRL.MIL> <1389@cod.NOSC.MIL> <9615@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
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In article <9615@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes:
>In article <1389@cod.NOSC.MIL> rupp@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (William L. Rupp) writes:
>>One of the central realities that many sincere but shortsighted people
>>on this group STILL fail to realize is that they represent a VERY, VERY
>>select and sophisticated bunch of users.  The "yoyos" you refer to
>>represent the vast majority of computer users.
>
>I don't think you understand my complaint.  There are companies that
>cater to the mass market and there are companies that cater to
>specialized markets.  Apple, like DEC before them, changed from the
>latter to the former.  It seems that success becomes the goal instead
>of the result.  I could go on about this but I'll spare you; read "Zen
>and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" instead.


Nope, I think that you're missing the point. If Apple didn't cater to the mass
market, there wouldn't be an Apple. Whether that's good or bad is purely
a subjective opinion, but remeber, Apple has been more than nice to us, the
early apple// and Macintosh owners. You don't see IBM offering PS/2 boards to
people who bought the PC-XT-AT systems, do you? Apple could have saved
themselves some major bucks by just saying, "screw 'em," and not offering //e
-> gs boards, and 128->512KE->MacPlus and SE->SE/30 board swaps (these swaps
have to be DESIGNED, remember, and that takes time, and time is money).

Just something for you to think about before you hastily unpack that
blowtorch...

-Rick

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