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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960117223321.19626A-100000@howard>, Patrick
O'Neil <patrick@howard.genetics.utah.edu> wrote:

>On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Jim Derr wrote:
>
>[...]
>> I remember a few years back when Compaq was having troubles.  They were 
>> laying people off and restructuring.  No one who bought Compaq stock at 
>> the time regrets it now.
>> 
>> I have seen many Apple-is-dying arguments come and go.  Despite all the 
>> arguments, Apple just kept getting bigger.  
>[...]
>
>And now Apple is getting smaller.  I'm sure the employees who get dumped 
>will be understanding and realize that Apple is still a great 
>company...and the dorks at the top will get a pay increase.
>
>On a related tack, I find it amusing that since Intel has recently seen 
>some similar financial problems, Apple-philes in particular are 
>predicting Intel's demise.  So, Apple has financial problems and has to 
>downsize and drop out of certain markets and it is perfectly OK, no prob 
>(those layed off will disagree) but the same for Intel?  NO WAY!  Their 
>DYING!  See? They're laying people off, the bastards.
>
>Geesh.

I see far more people from the wintel side of the tracks predicting
apple's demise than I have seen apple-philes predicting Intel's demise. 
Of course, there *are* far more people on the wintel side of the tracks
:-).  But to predict either company's demise based on a single quarter of
less-than-expected profitability seems a little premature.

>poneil@genetics.utah.edu

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