As Jobs put it "Apple lost focus on who Apple was". Weather Apple can exist after Jobs is not the question here. What the question is, is "do people, mostly people at Apple, including Jobs himself believe that Apple can exist after he is gone". It's not weather apple can exist. It's weather people believe it can.
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Stephen Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > > What dragged Apple down was a number of things and it occurred over a > period of time > > 1) Way too many desktop models (II, LC. Performa, Quadra, Centris, > Work Stations) > 2) Too many Powerbook models > 3) The Newton (good concept though!) and the MacTV (gotta get one) > 4) There was still tech support for the older Apples & Macs (Remember > toll free tech support?) This was dropped, from what I remember being > told, due to its cost > 5) Apple stopped the Apple line after the IIgs (many have said this) > 6) The Apple III/III+ while from earlier didn't help (turned some > people off Apple) > 7) The "Apple Clone Wars" made some people see Apple as heavy handed > 8) The Mac Clones (Apple made machines that were in some ways inferior > to the clones such as number of available card slots) > > I am sure I am forgetting some stuff but you get the point. > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Brian Rule <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Jobs left (was pushed out of) Apple in the mid 80's. Apple fell into >> dire straights in the mid 90's. I think that Apple reached it's all >> time high in 92. Jobs may have saved the company from oblivion in >> '97, but keep in mind several CEOs came and left Apple in the interim >> between his ousting and return. >> >> The reason Apple went to the brink was not because Steve left, since >> they would definitely see good times before he came back. In any >> event, what happened to drag Apple down doesn't have to happen again >> by a long shot. Those of us who have been Apple users for a really >> long time should be able to remember that. >> >> >> On Jan 17, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Mark wrote: >> >>> >>> Dan A. Currie wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Apple tried it once without Jobs and almost sank into oblivion. >>> Hopefully they learned something from that, tho. >> >> >> > >> > > > > -- > Steve Conrad > Henrietta, MO 64036 > > "The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; > to go forth and claim our place in outer space." > - Capt. Henry Gloval > > > (\__/) > (='.'=) > (")_(") > Help Bunny Take Over The World! > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
