5 Jun
2014
5 Jun
'14
9:14 p.m.
On 06/05/2014 08:01 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Thu, 5 Jun 2014, Chuck Guzis wrote:
It's really surprising that the attitude didn't hurt Apple badly. Other
companies before them attempted to "lock in" their customer base (i.e.
create a captive customer community) and some fared rather badly.
It's just very strange in a period where everyone was trying to be
compatible with the IBM PC.
I guess it really helps to have a user community of devoted acolytes.
--Chuck
A possibility, but at the expense of
compatibility with anything but
another Mac.
And would they consider THAT to be a downside?