Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!pequod.cso.uiuc.edu!dorner From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Left in Dust? (was: Adobe Type Manager) Message-ID: <1989Sep25.192841.16775@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 25 Sep 89 19:28:41 GMT References: <15514@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <1179@adobe.UUCP> <459@amanue.UUCP> <20020@usc.edu> <1211@cbnewse.ATT.COM> <1989Sep23.005117.7490@NCoast.ORG> <11545@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Reply-To: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lines: 20 In article <11545@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) writes: >If and when IBM gets its act together and produces a machine with a >decent, uniform user interface, at IBM prices, I will demonstrate to >Apple exactly as much vendor loyalty as they have shown me customer >loyalty. Last time I checked (a while ago), an MS-DOS machine with the IBM logo on it was a HECK of a lot more money than the "same" MS-DOS machine that said "Compaq" or "Made in Taiwan". IBM's pricing policies are no better than Apple's. Apple gets away with it because of their unique software; IBM gets away with it because of their prestige and marketing skills. Neither IBM nor Apple even play the price/performance game, unfortunately; they play the "large profit margin" game instead. I can't say that I blame them, though I think that Apple would do well to sacrifice some margin for further market penetration. -- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu UUCP: {convex,uunet}!uiucuxc!dorner IfUMust: (217) 244-1765