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wallich@ncd.com (Ken Wallich) writes:
>Nope, you're reading it right.  Seems Apple, in their infinite
>stupidity, has decided to make the Mac a "professional development
>machine".  This means *expensive* licenses for *all* their development
>tools.  MacTCP and MPW among the lucky packages to get "revenue
>enhanced".  Gotta pay for all that cheap hardware someplace.

      Apple Developer Relations has been trying to convince developers
not to switch to working on Windows products.  They're not succeeding.
A few months back, Microsoft had to get a parade permit at a developer's
conference so they could stop traffic to get 5000 people across the street.
What's really discouraging is finding vendors putting more effort into
their OS/2 versions than their Mac versions.  The priority list for big
developers is beginning to look like 1) Windows 2) OS/2 3) UNIX, NeXT, Mac. 
Check the feature lists of which features are in which versions for
multi-platform products.  The Mac seems to lag, with the notable exception
of products for the graphic arts fields.

      Apple seems to be putting their efforts into their "strategic alliance"
with IBM, and into "personal digital assistants".  With IBM going into
the tank (25,000 more layoffs announced this week) and "personal digital
assistants" still vaporware, one wonders if it is time for some top
management changes at Apple.

      Mac laptops are selling very well.  The Mac interface seems to be a 
winner for laptops.  Yet Apple doesn't seem to be trying to capitalize on
this.

					John Nagle