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From: jyen@cs.utexas.edu (John Yen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Can we get what we pay for?
Summary: you're not a company
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Date: 25 Apr 89 18:49:14 GMT
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In article <2432@nmtsun.nmt.edu>, vogelei@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Todd Vogelei) writes:
> 
> Questions continue to plague me as I grapple with the big issues like:
> Can these profit hungry student haters actually be the makers of the 
> same apple // series of computers I owned and learned to hack on in my
> youth?  Since when was it good business to take a UFO (you f***ing own it)
> to people you want to upgrade to your next snazzy box in a year or so?
> What should our next move be?  Only John Scully comes to mind.  How do I
> reach him?
> 
> If any of you mac-netters out there have any suggestions on how my sister
> can end up with the 4M machine she paid for 7 monts or so ago.  Drop me
> some mail.  We are about ready to toss the whole thing through the front
> windows at apple to make a point.
> 
> Sorry for ranting.
> Todd
> vogelei@nmtsun

  The Apple Corp. you're dealing with today is not the same as the one that
sold you Apple //'s.  They believe in bottom line, 90-day profit.  If you're
not a company, you can take it or leave it.  Period.  Don't blow any smoke about
the higher education discount; that's just following the path UNIX started on.
  Yes, the Apple rep sounds like a jerk, and yes, the secretaries seem to left
their brains somewhere.  But then, your sister's 'just' a person, not a
company that Apple can sell several Macs to.
  Welcome to Big Red, not-so-little brother of Big Blue.  So far as the people
in charge are concerned, the old Apple's history.
  Don't get me wrong; from a business point of view Apple's made the right
moves.  It's just that those moves ensure individuals can go jump in a lake, as
far as Apple's concerned.
  Standard disclaimer.

John Yen (jyen@cs.utexas.edu)