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- From: chrism@cirrus.com (Chris Metcalfe)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.pen
- Subject: Re: HELP: Need Newton/HP95 help
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.174412.8860@cirrus.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 17:44:12 GMT
- References: <1506@eouk17.eoe.co.uk> <1993Jan23.180633.7505@ncsu.edu> <1993Jan26.184851.4814@netcom.com>
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- In article <1993Jan26.184851.4814@netcom.com> cew@netcom.com (Clayton Weimer) writes:
- >mjones@eos.ncsu.edu (@large(Are you Object-Oriented?)) writes:
- >
- >>Apple has a name for itself and has a sucessful marketing company
- >>(Yes, being number 2 in the personal computer market should be
- >>considered sucessful.) ...
- >>Apple is selling a consumer electronics product, not a computer.
- >
- >There is a contradiction here. Also, AT&T is backing EO with
- >full steam, therefore, EO should be more successful (using your
- >arguments) because of AT&T's consumer marketing channels and
- >strengths, right?
-
- >>Unless EO uses the same ploy, it will be stuck in the same niche that
- >>Amiga is right now (in America that is) as a toy for the computer nerds.
- >
- >The EO Personal Communicator, the first in line of many based on the Hobbit
- >architecture, is not just more than a toy, but is real, has a real OS built from
- >the ground up for this kind of market, which has a very open ISV program.
-
- Not only that, ATT and GO have been very clever to find a strong need and vertical
- application market surrounding cellular/fax technologies. By hitting on the
- document markup aspect they get revenues, market share, profile, and breathing
- space while they continue to tackle the HW recognition challange. Apple has
- been left in the dust on this one (but they'll catch up).
-
- -- Chris Metcalfe
-