11 Jan
2002
11 Jan
'02
10:46 a.m.
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Chris wrote:
In the long run, it is probably unlikely that too many
people from this
list will "get it" with the new iMac. The reason being is, the new design
is going after the market of people that want a computer to fit around
their life style. So they are trying to go after the "its furniture"
market. The nature of most of the people on THIS list are ones that like
a computer to BE a computer... [...]
Not true, I've got a functional MicroVAX-II and a MicroVAX 3600 both in
service as end tables. I like where Apple is going, and I'm glad to see
them as strong as they are. Mostly I'm happy that what NeXT could have
been is actually happening through their absorbtion into Apple.
Or maybe this could be viewed as Apple coming back to where it should've
been before they forced out Steve Jobs-- resulting in the creation of
the NeXT? Still, I think Jobs needed to learn a few things through that
process before he could come back to Apple and help.
-brian.