31 Oct
2001
31 Oct
'01
2:30 p.m.
You can't take anything away from their imagination, but they always applied
more effort to selling (getting your money) than to producing (providing you
value).
That may not be the case any longer, but since I don't know anyone who's using
Apple products any more, I probably won't hear what's up. Things may be
different in a year or two.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: hard-sector 5 1/4 disk
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
They liked to use the latest greatest hardware at
Apple, but they
quickly turned the silk purse into a sow's ear with their practice of
giving away 90% of performance and convenience in order to save 1% in
cost. When they were done, they charged for the silk purse, you can
be sure, but still delivered the sow's ear.
Apparently there was some value in what they sold because people bought
it, and Apple is still around (they're hanging on, thanks to Jobs...love
him or hate him, he saved the company).
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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