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>Salutations,
Salutations,
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> The Newton, being a complete and utter business flop, is what killed it.
You keep saying this, therefore it must be true.
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> The only problem is that only a few people wanted it. It was losing =
money and unfortunately at the time, so was Apple.
How much was it losing?
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>I am positive that if Apple was raking in the money, that the Newton =
would have been a carried for much longer. Apple could not afford to =
absorb the loss anymore.
Gil A. 'thought' different.
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> Believe me, if it was profitable, Apple would have kept it.
No I believe Gil A. saw the oppurtunity, $J saw a new gimmick.
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> "I never let my money get angry."
Neither do I, since my wallet is back there. :-o
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> These are words to live by. And no businessman accumulates the wealth =
of
>Jobs by being an idiot that allows his emotions to continually override =
his
>business acumen.
He's a crafty salesman. Sells you the rug right from underneath you. In =
FACT, runs a company before becoming CEO, 'i' think.
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> And the eMate actually inspired the iMac.
Just the translucent plastics, everything else is based on the Original =
Mac, the first gen. iMac has a PB board from a just-then discontinued PB. =
:-P
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!ooW %-)
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