Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uwm.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pro-europa.cts.com!samt From: samt@pro-europa.cts.com (Sam Theis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: the whole apple II line.(warning: long market stats) Message-ID: <8909252315.AA26938@trout.nosc.mil> Date: 25 Sep 89 12:15:44 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 26 Comment to message from: philip@pro-generic.cts.com (Philip McDunnough) Philip McDunnough writes in a message: > I won't argue with your wish to have the // line continued and > improved.Apple has a rea potential gem in the GS. > But,as you note, Apple's emphasis is on the Mac.The GS is losing > its edge as technology advances.It's only a matter of time until > IBM produces a home/educational computer with good sound capabilities. > At that point the GS would be in real trouble.Its graphics'/text > capabilities are poor,8 bit bus,no support,... .Statistics are difficult > to interpret. I highly doubt the marketshare numbers you have quoted. > Most of the ones I have seen paint a very different picture and show > IBM having the top spots in retail sales.So I would be very interested > in the methods used in arriving at this data. Something doesn't make > sense. Often reported market statistics don't seperate IBM sales from IBM compatibles. These figures were breaking down by individual models from individual manufactuers. So the numbers were probably correct. Sam UUCP: crash!pro-europa!samt ARPA: crash!pro-europa!samt@nosc.mil INET: samt@pro-europa.cts.com