On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
> >Apparently there was some value in what they sold because people bought
> >it, and Apple is still around (they're hanging on, thanks to Jobs...love
> >him or hate him, he saved the company).
>
> I think that is clearly open to debate. Jobs took the company in the
> direction HE wanted it to go, and has at BEST had mixed results, great
> success with the iMac, nothing special anyplace else, and he did tremendous
> damage. He killed the clone program and the alliance with IBM, and in so
> doing lost droves of developers and caused a half dozen of the most loyal
> companies that supported Apple to fail. Long term Jobs may be seen as the
> person who sent Apple to obscurity trading a loyal base of creative people
> for a fickle consumer user base.
I think one thing is for certain: if it wasn't for Jobs, Apple by now
would probably have been a bitter memory.
My advice: don't count Apple out yet. If I had money I'd invest in their
stock.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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