Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!amd!jimb From: jimb@amd.UUCP (Jim Budler) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: mac compatibles ? Message-ID: <672@amd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 12:06:49 EST Article-I.D.: amd.672 Posted: Fri Nov 30 12:06:49 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Dec-84 07:04:12 EST References: <91@vectron.UUCP> <1807@sun.uucp> <> Reply-To: jimb@amd.UUCP (Jim Budler) Organization: AMD Applications, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 35 Summary: In article <> eve@ssc-bee.UUCP (Michael Eve) writes: > The Mac has been less than an overwhelming success. Apple > is not selling as many as they predicted and software is > scarce. Developers complain of the difficulty of interfacing > with the Mac internals, and hardware designers are severely > limited. Apple is scrambling to redesign the closed Mac to > meet market demands meanwhile angering the current owners. > Hell, the Mac isn't even software compatible with itself. > Software which ran on 128k Macs won't run on 512k Macs. > Obviously, YOU don't like the Mac but: 1. You must not have read the news lately, business analysts say that the Mac accounts for at least 30% of Apples $1.7 billion gross. 2. Apple is scrambling to expand the plant to increase capacity. ( Not selling as many as forcast but the plant's too small?????) 3. Developers always complain. 4. Software developed for the IBM with DOS 1.0 didn't work with 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0. Any any of the combinations thereof. 5. Closed? Inside Mac is available to anyone. Software supplement is available to anyone (It's even posted on Usenet). -- Jim Budler Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (408) 982-6547 UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd!jimb Compuserve: 72415,1200 The Source: STW265