Speaking of debating ploys, another good one is to
change the subject. :-)
After Strong Quarter, Apple Signals Changes in Its Prices
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/technology/22apple.html?nl=tech&emc=techa1
>
"...Apple executives hinted during a conference call about Apple’s
third-quarter financial statement that they would price products more
aggressively in the future. It planned on taking away what Peter
Oppenheimer, the company’s chief financial officer, called
an 'umbrella for our competitors.' "
It looks like Apple hopes to be able to to dispel the perception that
"Macs are too expensive" while they continue to push their business-
friendly features like Exchange messaging. They also have a
fantastic "no-risk" argument for cautious business types in being able
to say that their OS comes free with their hardware, which can
be used to run windows, either in a virtual machine during a transition
period, or as the primary OS should things not work out otherwise.
Still, many businesses are much more conservative than business
leaders portray themselves to be. My favorite examples of this is
all the old mainframes that are still maintained in order to run COBOL
programs.
David
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