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Re: More Mac prices

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From: Robert Gardner
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1987 18:22
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In article <15456@onfcanim.UUCP> dave@onfcanim.UUCP (Dave Martindale) writes:
>There is an interview with John Sculley in the current issue of "Inc."
>	That business market was
>	considered very, very high-risk waters for Apple, because
>	up to that point we had not done it successfully.  But on
>	the other hand, it was an even higher risk to keep going
>	after the consumer market."

This explains a LOT!

So, sorry for all those messages I posted hoping Apple would pay attention
to the home/consumer market. I see they were a waste of time.

Any suggestions on where to turn for the "ultimate" consumer computer?
I realize this takes a company with enough revenue to handle the R&D
costs -- but it also takes a company with a commitment to succeed there!

Robert Gardner
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Subject: Re: More Mac prices
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Posted: Mon Nov  9 13:22:56 1987
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