Re: [NTLK] [OT] Apple, Macintosh, 3rd Parties, and Market Share

From: Miro (miroc_at_comcast.net)
Date: Sat Apr 24 2004 - 06:39:15 PDT


On Apr 24, 2004, at 6:53 AM, Joel M. Sciamma wrote:

> I'm clearly on the way to the funny farm because it seems that
> everything in
> the garden is rosy.

No, you're just another brick in the wall. See bellow:

<http://www.macobserver.com/appledeathknell/>

> Adobe sales fall and that's not a bad thing.
>
> Market share falls and it doesn't matter.
>
> Publishing does not upgrade to Mac HW and SW and that's just them being
> funny.
>
> Education is tougher then ever for Apple but that's not a concern.
>
> The number of businesses using the Mac pro-rata declines and it's of no
> significance.

See above.

> When I saw Mac OS X public beta for the first time I woke up from my
> complacent pro-Apple position.
>
> Time will tell but hoping for a thing is not the same as having it
> happen
> and I predict that Apple will continue it's long slide from being a
> major
> player to bit part actor if it continues the way it's doing. Perhaps
> it has
> already happened.
>
> But perhaps this is what you want Apple to be - a small volume
> producer of
> computers designed by programmers for programmers and the rest of the
> world
> go hang.

Again, see above.

> I had higher hopes for them than that and expected more but all is
> well, I
> think you are going to get your wish.

I am really sorry Apple has put you down. It is bad when one's high
hopes
lend on a (personal) hard ground.

Best, Miro

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