Re: [WinMac] The Emperor (Jobs) has no clothes


Jeff Thorstad(thorstadj[at]macconnect.com)
Fri, 8 Jan 1999 17:13:33 -0600


>Darryl Lee wrote:
>
>> Ok, but the point is the same. IDG asked them to change their booth,
>> or probably either change it or leave.
>
>Boy, I've got to put my two bits in on this one. And keep in mind that I
>am an
>avid Mac user. I agree with Darryl. Why should Intergraph or anyone else not
>be allowed to setup, unless there is a concern it will take away business
>from
>the company with the most clout (Apple) at the show? And how is it "bad
>manners" to display a product (even if the product is not the primary
>focus of
>the show) offering an alternative (and letting the consumer decide)?
>Sounds to
>me like Apple is developing Microsoft's monopoly mentality. I say let the
>consumer decide and then maybe companies will make what consumers want
>instead
>of companies telling us what we need.

I read an interesting rumor yesterday that at a Dallas Graphics show last
summer Apple was giving away free t-shirts to anyone who would secretly
put an Apple logo sticker in the Intergraph booth. Maybe they're just
feuding. :)

It does seem strange to have NT workstations at the _Mac_World Expo. What
can they have to do with a Mac show? The server, yes, but the
workstations? I will say this, Apple is not developing MS' monopoly
mentality, they already have it. Just look to the bizarre series of
events in recent years over Mac clones. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are
very similar in this. They both think they can make one thing that is
perfect for everyone in the world. And they think nobody else should be
allowed to make anything different. They are both wrong, of course.

Jeff T
thorstadj@macconnect.com

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