Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!mjohnson From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: To Clarify...Apple Support Message-ID: <27888@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 26 Mar 89 18:21:02 GMT References: <8903260147.aa09456@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 30 In article <8903260147.aa09456@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) writes: >Alas, I can't recall who said "War is too important to be left to generals!" > >The chilling thing about your explanation is that it reads like the same >short-term shortsighted focus on "the bottom line" that has emasculated the >steel industry and is threatening the auto industry. From what I've read, >once the Mac line is upgraded to 33 MHz 68030's not much thought has been >given (really) to whither hence. If the present train of marketing myopia >(something most of those marketing MBA's surely have read, but sadly don't >seem to have understood) continues, Apple may not be in very good shape >when the century turns. > You can rest assured the more than just the generals are fighting the battles! One sign of Apple you might consider is all of us who spend time on the nets. People like Dave and Chuq (more Mac oriented) and others, as well as myself, would not have made the move to Apple if we didn't believe. Sure its not the Camelot that we like to imagine, but its got its advantages. In my case at least, as long as I believe in the future of the Apple and the philosophy behind it, I'll be here. But once again, we cannot talk about product direction and all that stuff... Mark B. Johnson AppleLink: mjohnson Developer Technical Support domain: mjohnson@Apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. UUCP: {amdahl,decwrl,sun,unisoft}!apple!mjohnson "You gave your life to become the person you are right now. Was it worth it?" - Richard Bach, _One_