"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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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.


The emulation mode was a dumb idea, too. I think a IIe was basically what
the III should have been.


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.

That's one of the things I like about them. It's more like media companies
used to be, it's very odd for a technology company to be like that once they
are any size at all. It seems to work for them, though.

jb