Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!gatech!bbn!bbn.com!denbeste From: denbeste@bbn.com (Steven Den Beste) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: uSoft/Apple and user interfaces Message-ID: <44087@bbn.COM> Date: 10 Aug 89 12:50:40 GMT References: <9025@cs.Buffalo.EDU> <341@xrtll.UUCP> Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: denbeste@BBN.COM (Steven Den Beste) Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 33 In article <341@xrtll.UUCP> mark@xrtll.UUCP (Mark Vange) writes: >In article <9025@cs.Buffalo.EDU>, ugkamins@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Dr. R. Chandra) writes: >> Why did Commodore-Amiga's Intuition interface not enter into the suit? >> Why did Tandy's DeskMate interface not enter into the suit? >> >> So my basic question is: why leave these guys alone and only go after >> uSoft and HP??? >> --- >Probably because both C-A and Tandy sales together do not add up to uSoft >sales. Why is HP in the fray? I'm not sure about that one! HP is a strong enough company both technically and financially that it can pretty much break into any market it decides it wants, and take a substantial chunk of it. I spent 7 years at a company (Tektronix) which competed head-to-head with HP in almost every market it was in. The annual report once said words to the effect of "We are fortunate to have a competitor as good as HP." I always found HP to be an honorable competitor: They didn't steal from us, they just tried to build a better product than us. Who could ask for more? It brought out the best in us when we wondered "what those guys at HP are doing now?" (Of course, I suspect they used to think the same thing about us.) I suspect that Apple is really frightened of HP getting into this market. HP is quite capable and willing to lose money for five years to break in, and Apple shows no sign of being interested in honest competition in their engineering. If I were Apple, I'd be afraid of them, too. Steven C. Den Beste || denbeste@bbn.com (ARPA/CSNET) BBN Communications Corp. || {apple, usc, husc6, csd4.milw.wisc.edu, 150 Cambridge Park Dr. || gatech, oliveb, mit-eddie, Cambridge, MA 02140 || ulowell}!bbn.com!denbeste (USENET)