Re: Wozniak vs Jobs

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

GR1071 (gr1071@aol.com) wrote:

: >Where do you think any company gets money for fielding new products? Hint:
: >they don't pull it out of their asses, nor do they have a genie who grants
: >wishes for money out of nowhere. I imagine everyone but militant Apple II
: >users/Apple Inc. haters understand that revenue from existing products
: >fuel development and marketing of new products.

: This was a direct quote from the Apple II magazines from that time and may
: or may not be my opinion. As others who were using the Apple II then will tell 
: you a vast majority of Apple II profits went into Mac development with no Mac
: money going back into the Apple II.

I was using Apple IIs back when a 64K ][ plus was top of the line, so I'm in
the group "who were using the Apple II then". New products take time to become
self sustaining. The Mac took a long time to reach that point, but it did
eventually become the main money maker.
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