"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
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Polaroid's marketing scheme is consistent with new product categories, or
radical new designs where you make a much higher profit margin during the
initial introduction selling to individuals who always want cutting edge
products. Companies will continue to lower profit margin as capacity
increases and make up the lower margin by increasing the units sold.



Yup. In the business world Polaroid is often credited with "inventing" that
scheme.




My dogs love to run after the 5 1/4 in floppies and they are much cheaper
than fresbies.

I haven't seen a 5-1/4" floppy in years.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
...

Polaroid's marketing scheme is consistent with new product categories, or
radical new designs where you make a much higher profit margin during the
initial introduction selling to individuals who always want cutting edge
products. Companies will continue to lower profit margin as capacity
increases and make up the lower margin by increasing the units sold.



Yup. In the business world Polaroid is often credited with "inventing" that
scheme.



My dogs love to run after the 5 1/4 in floppies and they are much cheaper
than fresbies.

I haven't seen a 5-1/4" floppy in years.

Eisboch



Do you want some for Sam?

"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
...


My dogs love to run after the 5 1/4 in floppies and they are much
cheaper than fresbies.

I haven't seen a 5-1/4" floppy in years.

Eisboch

Do you want some for Sam?


No thanks. He's on a diet.

Eisboch

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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:39:48 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


That only is accurate if they make a superior product than the
competition. If MS continues to make a product that the consumer is not
happy with, it opens the door for serious competition.

They have a long way to go before they will have "serious" competition,
but Apple *is* coming on strong. I'm just disappointed that all this
negative Vista attention, hasn't translated to much of an increase in
Linux use. Linux is still 1-2%, depending on how you measure.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1520


I doubt Apple's recent sales boosts are related to VISTA. Going from a
Windoze PC to an Apple PC takes a huge leap of faith and an even bigger
gulp. Apple has introduced some splashy new hardware recently, including
some new computers. The MacBooks are selling like hotcakes at my local
Apple store, along with iPhones, iPods, et cetera.

I think the LINUX star is setting. At some point, there will be a really
strong port of Apple's UNIX OS to PC's that have been running MS OS, and
*that* will be a very interesting development. There are some ports
around now, but they are flaky.

Why bother with LINUX when you can use Apple's Leopard, which is UNIX in
a sweet candy shell?

HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
wrote in message
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It is not just Microsoft, adobe is the same way. There are now PDFs
all over the internet that you can't open with a version of the
reader
that runs on W98, yet it is still just a picture of a page. Where is
the increased value ... other than making software companies a little
richer.



Hmmmm... With that logic, the automobile industry should have
stopped with
the model "T".

Eisboch


If the actual benefit to the customer didn't improve they should have
kept building model Ts. Probably why they did for 18 years.
Creating a new format that is not backward compatible, simply because
they can is pure greed.


It's also how companies stay in business.

Eisboch


That only is accurate if they make a superior product than the
competition. If MS continues to make a product that the consumer is
not happy with, it opens the door for serious competition.


Yes, there are all sorts of systems software manufacturers making great
inroads into Microsoft's market share on PC operating systems. Why,
there's x....and y...and z.

Having said that, though, I do believe Apple's porting of UNIX into
Leopard (or Leopard onto UNIX) and its use of the UNIX foundation are
pretty slick. Apple's business model requires it to charge premium
prices for its hardware, though, and in today's overly competitive
market, that is keeping it from attaining the market share it might
achieve if it operated differently.

Porting UNIX into Leopard? How about basing Leopard on a UNIX variant.

BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
wrote in message
...


It is not just Microsoft, adobe is the same way. There are now PDFs
all over the internet that you can't open with a version of the
reader
that runs on W98, yet it is still just a picture of a page. Where is
the increased value ... other than making software companies a
little
richer.



Hmmmm... With that logic, the automobile industry should have
stopped with
the model "T".

Eisboch


If the actual benefit to the customer didn't improve they should have
kept building model Ts. Probably why they did for 18 years.
Creating a new format that is not backward compatible, simply because
they can is pure greed.


It's also how companies stay in business.

Eisboch


That only is accurate if they make a superior product than the
competition. If MS continues to make a product that the consumer is
not happy with, it opens the door for serious competition.


Yes, there are all sorts of systems software manufacturers making
great inroads into Microsoft's market share on PC operating systems.
Why, there's x....and y...and z.

Having said that, though, I do believe Apple's porting of UNIX into
Leopard (or Leopard onto UNIX) and its use of the UNIX foundation are
pretty slick. Apple's business model requires it to charge premium
prices for its hardware, though, and in today's overly competitive
market, that is keeping it from attaining the market share it might
achieve if it operated differently.

Porting UNIX into Leopard? How about basing Leopard on a UNIX variant.


Whatever.

HK wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:39:48 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


That only is accurate if they make a superior product than the
competition. If MS continues to make a product that the consumer is not
happy with, it opens the door for serious competition.

They have a long way to go before they will have "serious"
competition, but Apple *is* coming on strong. I'm just disappointed
that all this negative Vista attention, hasn't translated to much of
an increase in Linux use. Linux is still 1-2%, depending on how you
measure.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1520


I doubt Apple's recent sales boosts are related to VISTA. Going from a
Windoze PC to an Apple PC takes a huge leap of faith and an even bigger
gulp. Apple has introduced some splashy new hardware recently, including
some new computers. The MacBooks are selling like hotcakes at my local
Apple store, along with iPhones, iPods, et cetera.

I think the LINUX star is setting. At some point, there will be a really
strong port of Apple's UNIX OS to PC's that have been running MS OS, and
*that* will be a very interesting development. There are some ports
around now, but they are flaky.

Why bother with LINUX when you can use Apple's Leopard, which is UNIX in
a sweet candy shell?


Do some research before you open your mouth again. UNIX is a registered
trademark.

LINUX is the preferred UNIX like OS for PC's.

Apple took a UNIX variant and wrapped their GUI around it.

The LINUX star is still rising.

On Mar 19, 8:06*am, BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:39:48 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

That only is accurate if they make a superior product than the
competition. *If MS continues to make a product that the consumer is not
happy with, it opens the door for serious competition.

They have a long way to go before they will have "serious"
competition, but Apple *is* coming on strong. *I'm just disappointed
that all this negative Vista attention, hasn't translated to much of
an increase in Linux use. *Linux is still 1-2%, depending on how you
measure.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1520

I doubt Apple's recent sales boosts are related to VISTA. Going from a
Windoze PC to an Apple PC takes a huge leap of faith and an even bigger
gulp. Apple has introduced some splashy new hardware recently, including
some new computers. The MacBooks are selling like hotcakes at my local
Apple store, along with iPhones, iPods, et cetera.

I think the LINUX star is setting. At some point, there will be a really
strong port of Apple's UNIX OS to PC's that have been running MS OS, and
*that* will be a very interesting development. There are some ports
around now, but they are flaky.

Why bother with LINUX when you can use Apple's Leopard, which is UNIX in
a sweet candy shell?

Do some research before you open your mouth again. UNIX is a registered
trademark.

LINUX is the preferred UNIX like OS for PC's.

Apple took a UNIX variant and wrapped their GUI around it.

The LINUX star is still rising.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harry's into any GUI that will slow an operating system down!

BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:39:48 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


That only is accurate if they make a superior product than the
competition. If MS continues to make a product that the consumer is
not
happy with, it opens the door for serious competition.

They have a long way to go before they will have "serious"
competition, but Apple *is* coming on strong. I'm just disappointed
that all this negative Vista attention, hasn't translated to much of
an increase in Linux use. Linux is still 1-2%, depending on how you
measure.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1520


I doubt Apple's recent sales boosts are related to VISTA. Going from a
Windoze PC to an Apple PC takes a huge leap of faith and an even
bigger gulp. Apple has introduced some splashy new hardware recently,
including some new computers. The MacBooks are selling like hotcakes
at my local Apple store, along with iPhones, iPods, et cetera.

I think the LINUX star is setting. At some point, there will be a
really strong port of Apple's UNIX OS to PC's that have been running
MS OS, and *that* will be a very interesting development. There are
some ports around now, but they are flaky.

Why bother with LINUX when you can use Apple's Leopard, which is UNIX
in a sweet candy shell?


Do some research before you open your mouth again. UNIX is a registered
trademark.

LINUX is the preferred UNIX like OS for PC's.

Apple took a UNIX variant and wrapped their GUI around it.

The LINUX star is still rising.


Yeah? Based on what, LINUX desktop market share?

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:39:48 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


That only is accurate if they make a superior product than the
competition. If MS continues to make a product that the consumer
is not
happy with, it opens the door for serious competition.

They have a long way to go before they will have "serious"
competition, but Apple *is* coming on strong. I'm just disappointed
that all this negative Vista attention, hasn't translated to much of
an increase in Linux use. Linux is still 1-2%, depending on how you
measure.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1520


I doubt Apple's recent sales boosts are related to VISTA. Going from
a Windoze PC to an Apple PC takes a huge leap of faith and an even
bigger gulp. Apple has introduced some splashy new hardware recently,
including some new computers. The MacBooks are selling like hotcakes
at my local Apple store, along with iPhones, iPods, et cetera.

I think the LINUX star is setting. At some point, there will be a
really strong port of Apple's UNIX OS to PC's that have been running
MS OS, and *that* will be a very interesting development. There are
some ports around now, but they are flaky.

Why bother with LINUX when you can use Apple's Leopard, which is UNIX
in a sweet candy shell?


Do some research before you open your mouth again. UNIX is a
registered trademark.

LINUX is the preferred UNIX like OS for PC's.

Apple took a UNIX variant and wrapped their GUI around it.

The LINUX star is still rising.


Yeah? Based on what, LINUX desktop market share?

Ok, you win.