Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Dave Glue
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 11:13

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On 13 Jan 96 09:32:08 CST, mattsp@stat1.cc.ukans.edu (Matt Peterson)
wrote:

>In article <4d71ji$37j@macshack.com>
>mikemc@macshack.com (Mike McCammant) writes:
>
>> I could be wrong, but I thought I read that Apple is posting a $25M loss 
>> for the quarter due to substantially reduced sales and several/many of the 
>> top executives are leaving the company?
>> 
>> Gee, if that is not trouble, I am not sure what is  ;)
>
>
>I think the loss was due to substantially increased sales, or more
>accurately, due to the price wars and price slashing htey have been
>having with the PC venders.

Yes.  The loss was due to great sales.  A fine example of spin
doctoring, platform advocacy never ceases to amuse me.

Not "more accurately", something completly seperate.  Yes, Apple's
sales have been good (in comparison to quarters a year ago), but they
obviously weren't good enough to compenstate for the price cutting
needed to get that market share.

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