Edsel? You Mean Tucker. (was Re: Laughing at MAC loyalists after they laughed at us Amiga Loyalists...)

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From: John Chang
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:00

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Steve Ebener wrote:
> 
> Grey <faeros@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > We're talking about the Electronic Version of the Edsel
> 
>   Not exactly. The Edsel was a lemon from day one, and was plagued with
> more problems than any other automobile in history.

OK, a better analogy is to compare it to a Tucker then. :)

>   The PowerPC CPU isn't plagued with anything other than a poor
> marketing scheme. If it were advertised as heavily as the Edsel was, the
> Mac OS would have a significantly larger market share that it does now.

Erm, nothing could save the Edsel.  BTW, I've seen film archives of the
Edsel advertisements... they were just as bad as the car! ;)

-- 

Regards,

John Chang

Disclaimer: The above statements are my own opinions and do not state
the position of Scala, Inc. or its affiliates.

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From: John Chang <john.chang@scala.no>
Subject: Edsel?  You Mean Tucker. (was Re: Laughing at MAC loyalists after they laughed at us Amiga Loyalists...)
Date: 1997/04/07
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