Salutations,
>> The Newton, being a complete and utter business flop, is what killed it.
>
> You keep saying this, therefore it must be true.
It isn't true because I say it. It is true because the market said it.
You can argue all you want, but you can't argue with history. Well,
actually I suppose you can and will. Keep doing it. See how far it gets
you.
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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?
Umm, exactly who cares how much it was losing. The actual number isn't
important. What is important is that the Newton cost more to make and
maintain than it was bringing into Apple.
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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.
Yeah, an we see how much success he had. Here is a bit of advice. If you
are going to offer a person as an example of how to do something, don't pick
a failure.
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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.
A new gimmick? The 'new gimmick' was a cut? Steve saw an anchor on
Apple. The Newton had plenty of time to become profitable before Steve cut
it. You want to blame someone? Blame the designers of the Newton. Blame
the marketers of the Newton. Blame the salesmen of the Newton.
It isn't like Steve killed the Newton before it was released.
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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.
He ran a couple companies before becoming CEO of Apple. And?
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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. =
Well, yeah. I wouldn't say that 'everything else' is based on the
original Mac. They both are all-in-ones, but that is about where the
similarity ends.
Cheers,
David
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