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From: lih@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew Lih)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Jobs' marketing scam
Summary: Jobs and Perot!
Keywords: next jobs perot businessland
Message-ID: <1428@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 22 Apr 89 13:40:36 GMT
References: <3098@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU>
Reply-To: lih@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew Lih)
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In article <3098@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU> rwl@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Ray Lubinsky) writes:
>I just realized -- Jobs and the "if you want a NeXT, you'll have to go to
>college" biz has been a complete white wash!
>
>A previous poster (from apple.com, I believe) pointed out that Jobs had agreed
>not to compete in the business market for a set time after leaving Apple.
>Then, I just read an article where someone opined that H. Ross was behind the
>move to retail through Businessland...

Well, I am not sure if Jobs was totally serious about his
"go to college!" response...

The fact that Jobs entered the business market is not really
surprising.  If he indeed did make a deal with Apple about not
entering the business market, then it is also not a surprise that NeXT
entered the business market.  Why?  Examine one of the owners of NeXT:
H. Ross Perot.  He sold his startup EDS (Electronic Data Systems) to
GM, and also made a deal to not "compete profitably" against EDS for a
period of two years I believe.  So what did H. Ross do?  He started
Perot Systems and bid against EDS for contracts, but for the next two
years, Perot Systems will show a 0 profit on the books.

I would like to know the details of the Apple-Jobs agreement if it
does exist.  If it says that Jobs cannot compete, then that would be a
problem for NeXT, but if it says that Jobs cannot "turn a profit" then
he can learn from his friend H. Ross...

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