On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 3:37 PM, RobertRuff@aol.com
<mailto:RobertRuff@aol.com> wrote:
> Yea Yea they killed the Newt oh well, and I agree that killing the
> clones was stipidly shortsighted. This all seems like an ego maniac
refusing
> to share the hardware market to increase it's O/S market.
I hate to continue this thread, but the mistake was to think that cloning
would open market share. The truth is that Market share is the holy grail.
You can't find it by seeking it. Simply put, clones were _not_ increasing
market share, and were cutting horribly into Apple's profits. Dumping the
Newton was not only a marketing decision, but from what I understand, most
of the most important Newton engineers had already left Apple, and Apple no
longer had the resources to continue developing the Newton. (not that the
financial considerations didn't weigh heavily, nor that they weren't the
primary consideration, but it's difficult to ignore the lack of manpower
and technical expertise).
I know the above isn't the last word, but we do need to remember these
factors in Apple's (ie, Steve Job's) decisions.
-Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
<mailto:jonglass@usa.net>
<mailto:glasshaus5@aol.com>
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