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- From: musjndx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Jonathan N. Deitch)
- Subject: Re: Apple Overtakes IBM?
- Message-ID: <musjndx.721427489@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>
- Organization: Georgia State University
- References: <9Tc2TB2w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:31:29 GMT
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- herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung) writes:
-
- >I found this on the ProTERM BBS last night and thought it was kinda
- >neat:
- >
- > Subject: Apple Overtakes IBM
- > From: JERRY CLINE [#1]
- > Posted: 10/26/92 at 11:14:19
- > Thread: /CLINE
- >
-
- This was in MacWeek a couple of weeks ago ...
-
- >
- >Apple to outsell IBM, analyst says The Associated Press
- >
- >BOSTON
- >
- >Apple Computer Inc. will overtake International Business Machines in
- >sales of personal computers this year, an analyst has estimated.
- >
- >Kimball Brown, director of PC hardware research for International
- >Data Corp., a market-research firm headquartered in Framingham,
- >Mass., based his estimate on the number of units shipped by each
- >company during the past several years.
- >
- >In 1990, IBM had 12 .9 percent of the total units shipped worldwide
- >compared with Apple's 7.2 percent, Brown said.
- >
- >By 1991, the margin had narrowed, with IBM shipping 11.3 percent of
- >units to Apple's 9.7 percent. That translated to 2.9 million units
- >for IBM and 2.5 million for Apple.
- >
- >However, in the first nine months of this year, Apple shipped 2.04
- >million units, compared with IBM's 1.85 million, Brown said.
- >
- >"The year isn't over yet," Brown said. "The question is: Can IBM come
- >back?"
- >
- >"But even if they did, I think Apple would still come out on top."
- >
- >--
- >Herbert Fung | "Hard work doesn't make miracles,
- >Edmonton Remote Systems | Miracles just make hard work!"
- >Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | The Herbster! 1988
-
- >Herbert Fung herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
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