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- From: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Apple troubles benefit Amiga?
- Date: 31 Jan 1996 15:52:38 -0700
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- In-reply-to: sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu's message of 28 Jan 96 10:29:28 -0600
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- sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu (PETER SINCLAIR-DAY) wrote:
-
- > Lets see, Apple had the best period of Mac sales in their history.
-
- By unit sales or marketshare perhaps, but they lost a truckload of
- money. Apple has the problem that when they increase market share, they
- lose money, and when they make money, they lose marketshare. You can't
- be successful in the industry by giving money away. It is no secret in
- the industry that Apple's in trouble (trouble which runs much deeper
- than just losing some money this quarter).
-
- I personally am not a Mac fan, but I sure hope Apple can pull up before
- its too late. IMHO the industry is much better off if Apple is around.
- Having alternatives is a good thing, and if all the alternatives to
- Windows go away, we'll all be the poorer for it.
-
- Not to mention that Apple is by far in a way the largest PPC customer,
- and if that market goes away, so in time will PPC development, and
- perhaps even production. This is why I believe a healthy Apple (I mean
- the entire Mac industry, not just Apple itself) is necessary for
- PowerAmigas. Unless the major PPC vendors (Apple/Be/AT) can cooperate
- in some fashion by sharing development costs (ala the 68K emulator
- thing), none of them individually will stand a chance against the
- Intel/Windoze oligopoly. And if all the alternatives go away, it will
- truely be a sad day for what was once the personal computing market.
-
- - steve
-