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In article <1996@wpi.wpi.edu> tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer) writes:
>Now this is something that I don't understand (and I probably never will). Why
>doesn't Apple do what IBM did with the PC and liscense out the OS? That is why
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>And to think, Apple could still make a more than reasonable profit selling the
>chips to manufacturers, and liscensing out software (I imagine that the cost
>vs profit ratio would be even better). Just look at what this process did to
>IBM & Microsoft - they are now, effectively, the biggest PC oriented companies
>in the world. 
>
>Just a thought...

I was just reading that IBM is no longer considered the market leader in the
PC area. Compaq, and to a lesser degree Zenith, have taken the market from
them. Sure, I'd love a $1k SE/30, but Apple does have the obligation to its
stokeholders, and its personel, to keep its market share. 

	With out their present income, how could Apple hope to continue
financing its R&D?

	I guess all I'm trying to say is that clones aren't always good
for the original company as they are for the consumer...


	Todd Krein
	krein@dg.UUCP
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Todd Krein
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