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From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple
Keywords: Xerox Apple
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Date: 20 Dec 89 02:02:52 GMT
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In article <5339@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> (Donald R Lloyd) writes:
> Apple seems to be running into lots of problems these days...  Perfect 
> time for CBM to really push into the various markets Apple is trying to 
> (or already has :-( ) taken from Ami.  

Hmmm, well for those of us who watch the markets, and listen to the words
of the Stock-Bimbos (aka analysts) it seems that Apple is really taking it
on the chin because of two conditions :
	1) Their low end (< $2000) is taking it on the chin because they
	   don't have anything except the SE holding them up and it's losing
	   to the PC clones.
	2) Their bread and butter is their low end.

Now Apple likes to hype the Mac II and its kin, and they are high priced
and high margin products. But the danger is and has been that with all that
looking into the bright blue sky you tend to no watch where you are stepping
and it looks kinda like Apple put their foot into a cow pie. 

This does give people like Commodore an opportunity to steal some market
share from Apple by offering more features for less money and a better 
system overall. Now that the software base is in the thousands versus
the hundreds of packages, they are given a rare gift. Hopefully Copperman
will jump in there. Of course Commodore has been hyping the high end as
well with the 2500/20 and 2500/30. Let us hope they learn from the 
problems Apple is in at the moment. 

I suspect nicely packaged 1000 class machine (the mythical 1500) would
do well in this market with it's productivity mode. It will take some 
effort on Commodore's part though. Send your cards and letters to Harry
and Irving. 


--Chuck McManis
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