Re: OS For IIGS

[airmaster@KCUF.org (KCUF airmaster)]

On Sat, 8 Nov 1997 23:30:11 -0600, "Greg J. Buchner" <buchner@freenet.msp.mn.us>
wrote:

>On 9 Nov 1997, Tony Cianfaglione wrote:
>
>>    While this may be true currently, if Apple had allowed clones during
>> the formative years, the cheaper versions would have drawn the masses,
>> which is what you want to cement your position in the marketplace.  20% of
>> a large market is better than 100% of an almost non-existant market.
>
>Yes, but in the formative years, the Mac used several custom ASIC's that 
>it sometimes couldn't get enough of.  The recent stuff with the clones 
>and PREP (CHRP, whatever they ended up calling it) was to move away from 
>the custom chips.

That's just Apple's consistent screwing of suppliers and inability to negotiate
large-scale contracts.  Same thing with the 65C816, as I recall.  Alienate your
suppliers through mistrustful business tactics and then watch them screw you
when you're down.

>Also, we probably would have ended up with a Mac that was about as messed 
>up as the PC world is today.

Well, seeing how the PC's are far more functional than the Macintosh, erm...


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