Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!OUACCVMB.BITNET!CS656 From: CS656@OUACCVMB.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Lasers cost cutting secret. Message-ID: <8902272240.aa26341@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 28 Feb 89 02:29:31 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 5 >How is it that Laser can make a profit selling "basic computing" at prices >Apple seems unwilling to compete with? I suppose that letting another company sink millions into research and then "borrowing" the ideas that work out best could cut down on some overhead. Bob Church CS656@OUACCVMB