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Technology Stocks : Apple Inc.
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To: FruJu who wrote (26977)11/15/1999 6:47:00 AM
From: Zen Dollar Round  Read Replies (1) of 213182
 
The transition to Mac OS X is an absolutely critical turning point in Apple's future. If they are successful, and the business software developers who have abandoned Mac OS 8/9 for WinNT in the past 3 years flock back to the Macintosh with a stable, modern operating system, then Apple will flourish. If Mac OS X turns out to be a failure and the business developers stay away, Apple is in for a very rough time.

Very well put. I've believed this for some time, and I think success of Mac OS X is absolutely critical for Apple to have any hope of regaining business users and building market share long term. I suspect Apple's passivity in marketing to the business world will change dramatically when OS X ships, and I think they'll mount a full frontal assault on the Wintel business hegemony at that time.

Jobs knows the Mac OS and its aging architecture just can't compete with the features of Windows NT. If Apple ships an easy to use, fast, stable OS X with all the features a modern operating system should have, they may compete strongly in all segments of the business market. Let's hope Jobs and company remember which side their bread is buttered on. If they try to foist a badly redesigned Finder or crap like the UI of QuickTime/Sherlock II on everyone, they'll get what they deserve and we'll all suffer.
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