reddred wrote:
"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message

Apple is really good at pulling disconnected rabbits out of hats, and they
have been doing so since they started. Aside from a couple mistakes, like
the Apple III

I don't think they supported that much. Things like the Newton were just too
weird at the time for people to embrace. I kind of like what they're doing
now, coming at it from the entertainment gadget angle.

They didn't support the III at all, as far as I could tell, which is why
nobody bought it. It could do everything the Apple II could do, for a
whole lot more money. That's not a good marketing plan.

Apple does not seem to really do careful investigation of the market before
making products; they make products that are neat and some of them find a
market share and some of them tank. And _some_ of them, like the Newton
and like Hypercard, start out poorly, build momentum, and then get discontinued
just as they are starting to develop a market. The Ipod caught on, but if
it hadn't, I am sure Apple has plenty more things waiting in the wings.
Some will be great and some will be useless.
--scott
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