Ok I feel I have to comment here, the imac was done beofre the Newton was
discontinued, not to mention the Newton was a finished project not eating
engineering resources.
I work for one of the major parts suppliers for the imac so I was using a
completed unit except for plastics before the Newton was axed.
Kate
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Moody <gmoody@hotmail.com>
To: <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 3:31 PM
Subject: NTLK Interesting quote on Newton's demise from VP-Apple-Europe
> An interesting quote on the demise of the Newton:
> (http://www.macnn.com/features/vpeurope.shtml)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Outgoing vice president for Apple Europe, Diego Piacentini, recently gave
> further insight into the company's decision making including the demise of
> the Newton.
>
> In a farewell dinner in Milan, Italy February 24 with the PowerBook Owners
> Club, Piacentini claimed that if the Newton handheld device had not been
> cancelled, the iMac might never have been developed.
>
> "...it was the matter of concentrating on fewer single winning projects
and
> leave out all useless costly development and engineering charges to bring
> back Apple into profit and technological leadership," an online article by
> MacProf.com stated.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> So...blame the iMac. :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Mr. Anonymous
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