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  • Sep 23, 2008
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  • Good article. However, I suggest that market share is an inadequate measure of the success of a product or company. Apple, or any company can lower profits to gain market share... but at what cost. Where do they go from there? I think a better measure is "what is their profit share" of a category or industry. You can this this based on the category/industry as a whole, or base it on each vendor's percentage market share. Put another way, who performs better: the management team at Apple, Dell, HP or Msft.a
    United Statesdicklacara had this to say on Sep 12, 2008 Posts: 5
    Is Apple prepared to be middle of the pack with the iPhone?
  • If you worked in the Apple/// Engineering Group, you must know Wendell Saunder (sp) and Wil Houd. I bought an Apple ][ in 1978 and it (and all Apple ][s of that era) had the same problem with chips walking out of their sockets due to expansion and contraction from heating and cooling.
    United Statesdicklacara had this to say on May 21, 2008 Posts: 5
    May 19, 1980: Apple III. Worst. Apple. Ever.
  • Another FWIW... one of the names that Dave was considering for what would become ThinkTank, was... Vista. (now there's some ancient history).
    United Statesdicklacara had this to say on May 19, 2008 Posts: 5
    May 19, 1980: Apple III. Worst. Apple. Ever.
  • Mmmm... the Apple/// wasn't so bad. I owned computer stores (primarily Apple) in the 1970-80s. When we were asked to present our case to IBM to carry the PC, we made our presentation on an Apple/// using a forerunner of Dave Winer's ThinkTank. The IBM exec was quite impressed with the Apple///, ThinkTank & us... we got the dealership. FWIW, we carried the Apple/// in a Apple/// Carrying Case (made by apple) on the plane from SF to Boca-- not quite a portable, maybe a transportable!
    United Statesdicklacara had this to say on May 19, 2008 Posts: 5
    May 19, 1980: Apple III. Worst. Apple. Ever.
  • The other insider joke that was making the rounds at that time: "What's the difference between Apple and the Boy Scouts... One of them has adult leadership!"
    United Statesdicklacara had this to say on Apr 11, 2008 Posts: 5
    April 10, 1985: Jobs Sculley Versus Steve Jobs: It's Either Him or Me!