Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, October 1, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 130
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From: han@Apple.COM (Byron Han, Architect)
Subject: Changing the World, One Person at a Time (long)
Date: 24 Sep 88 06:24:37 GMT
Organization: Apple Products - Networking & Communications
In article <6295@ut-emx.UUCP> osmigo@emx.UUCP (Ron Morgan) writes:
>[mucho discussion about Apple leaving behind "the rest of us."]
>
>Meanwhile, I meet people putting together umpteen-MHz PC clones with
>40meg hard disks for a thousand dollars or so, and I wonder who the REAL
>suckers are in this business. When I think of the PC setup I could have
>put together for the cost of this SE/hard disk outfit...gawd, it takes my
>breath away.....
>
A more appropriate question here would be: what can you do with a PC clone and what can you do with a Mac; and what are the relative degrees of flexibility and ease of use and power?
There are many within Apple that lament the price increases. The topic of price increases has been beaten to death on the net. There are many reasons that Apple has raised prices. The decline of the dollar, expiration of long term contracts for components have all contributed. Prices will fall when global market conditions allow them to. Market forces will see to that. There are many dedicated people at Apple committed to making the best darn personal computers in the world. I think that Apple does a pretty good job. People are willing to pay a premium for the best. If you want a Hyuandai Excel over a BMW, go ahead. But BMW's still sell very very well. And for very distinct reasons. Both will get you from point A to point B. One just does it in a more comfortable, more stylish, more whatever manner.
Among the people I have the honor to work with at Apple, we are still totally dedicated to changing the world - one person at a time. There may be times when Apple may seem drift from the ideals of putting personal computers infused with the Apple philosophy into the hands of ordinary and extraordinary people - for the "rest" of us.
But these ideals form a basic core of the Apple corporate culture. If Apple were to turn into yet another boring business-only computer company, there would be a lot of people looking for a place to work that captures the original Apple ideals. There are a lot of people within and without Apple working very hard to make sure that these ideals are not compromised.
Sometimes I wish I could only show you what we are working towards, what our dreams are.
If you would like to comment on this, please respond via e-mail so that this newsgroup can resume its regularly scheduled programming.... :-)
Of course, I speak for myself and not for Apple Computer, Inc. I have no connections with Hyuandai or BMW. This is not a product endorsement.
