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>> Doing so both was technically questionable and lost the confidence of the
>> business community - a confidence that Apple still has yet to recover.
>
>This seems to continue to be a popular myth.  Mac's now significantly
>outsell the Apple ][, Apple just announced record sales and profits, and
>they are selling as many as they can make, while IBM is moaning and groaning
>about market share.  If that is lack of confidence, I don't want to see
>rampant enthusiasm.
>
>The only people who continue to believe in the lack of confidence in the
>business community are the business writers ....

I believe that while Apple has record profits, unit sales are down.  But,
whatever the case, Macs (and I love them, sell them in turn-keys, develop
for them) are really not penetrating the business market except for stand
alones such as desk-top publishing.  The primary reason, I believe, is that
Apple does not have a customer orientation, it has a technology orientation.
Consequently, the iron is interesting, but the support is inconsistent. Also,
largely forgotten is the customer's costs of software development, personnel
trainning, and technical support - all of which, for a business, far exceed
the cost of the iron itself.

...Larry Mazlack  mazlack.ernie.berkeley.edu