In a message dated 4/19/00 7:36:05 PM, Abraham Norfleet writes: >>Just another illustration of how little understanding Apple have of their >>major market sectors? > >Funny how whenever Apple does something someone doesn't like, they accuse >Apple of not understanding the market or some such. $183 million profit >for the first quarter of 2000, 1.37 million units sold... I think they >understand their major markets. Maybe the UK education market isn't so >major, or maybe they just didn't like the CHEST program and plan to >replace it with something else. No, fair comment - I didn't give much info in my original, very annoyed posting, but the truth is that most of the biggest software companies sell through CHEST, and I think I'm right in saying that Apple is the only company ever to actually pull out of it. And while it is certainly true to say that the UK market as a whole is not particularly important to Apple, I believe that it is also true that the education sector, is the biggest part of it. Anyway this has little to do with Duos, so apologies for what was maybe just an inappropriate posting. Nick Daisley Oxford, UK ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Now $199.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH120.html> PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Reader Specials: 2.5GB Seagate SCSI: $119, 4GB IBM SCSI: $199, Norton Util. 4.0: $29, Mac Parts, Systems & Repairs <http://www.macresq.com>
