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Re: Mac pricing and the future of the Mac

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From: Norman Goodger
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1989 00:18
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In article <864@tasis.utas.oz> ben@tasis.utas.oz (Ben Lian) writes:
>
I'm going to get rid of the Mac Plus while I still can get
some money for it, take a loan out to acquire a IIcx (and humouring Apple
one last time), then toss out the IIcx for a NeXT when the software for
it matures in about 1 to 1-1/2 years' time.  I'll bet you that NeXT has
really got Apple worried, eh?  Just as commercial companies aim to
maximise the profit of the shareholders, you should aim to maximise what
you get out of the good money you pay for a PC.  To heck with allegiances
if another company produces a better machine, and there is good software
for it as well.

BTW, I don't know if NeXT is going to be able to hold their pricing on
their machine.  The $6,500 announced for their base configuration is
almost too good to be true.
>>>>>>>>>

I think that the wait for NeXT to do anything is going to be a lot
longer than one thinks, there has not much been made of the "cube"
since a few weeks after it was announceed and Job's short comings
in the machine started to sink in...If it ever really ships, its
not going to dent Apple's market....its still a unix box, and the
average Mac user is not going to love Unix no matter what front
end you stick on it...


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Norm Goodger				SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862
3Com Corp.				Co-Sysop FreeSoft RT - GEnie.
Enterprise Systems Division             (I disclaim anything and everything)
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From: ngg@bridge2.3Com.Com (Norman Goodger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac pricing and the future of the Mac
Keywords: Obscene profits, planned obsolescence, lengthy diatribe
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Date: 24 Mar 89 00:18:06 GMT
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