Apple Lisa 1

From: Dan Veeneman <dan_at_ekoan.com>
Date: Tue Nov 11 14:57:29 2003

At 02:10 PM 11/11/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Unfortunately for Apple, Lisa had an achilles heel. Or two. Yes she was
>groundbreaking, but bugger me did she cost - $9999

This was an issue even at the time the Lisa was introduced, but Apple
(then as now) didn't look at it that way. I was at a trade show (selling
Hewlett-Packard 250s, but that's another story) where Steve Jobs
was selling the Lisa. I listened to a few of his conversations with
people in the crowd and they typically went like this:

Steve: You need to buy a Lisa.

Customer: Yes, they're nice, but expensive!

Steve: Just have your company buy it.

Customer: I don't have the authority to approve such an expensive purchase.

Steve: Then get your boss to approve it.

Customer: I don't know if he would approve such an expensive machine.

Steve: Okay, then get yourself promoted so you can buy a Lisa.

Customer: I'm a long way from getting any kind of promotion.

Steve: Well, quit and start your own company so you can buy a Lisa.

...and so on.


This thread does remind me: I have a Lisa 2 in storage that I need to dig out
and check to be sure the battery isn't leaking...


Cheers,

Dan
www.decodesystems.com/wanted.html
Received on Tue Nov 11 2003 - 14:57:29 GMT