Power Computing Response
via Mac Resource Page
From Henry Fok, July 2, 1997.
>On June 30, I sent the following email to suggestions@powercc.com:
I believe that manufacturing and selling a Windows machine under the Power
Computing label is a REALLY bad idea.
I received the following response:
Dear Mr. Fok -
Thank you for your email dated June 30th, 1997.
Joel Kocher, President and COO of Power Computing, is very interested in your
comments, and would like to speak with you personally by telephone. Is there a
ph=ne number at which you can be reached?
Thank you for your interest in Power Computing.
Today, July 1, at 2:00 PM:
I recieved a call from Mike Rosenthal and Joel Kocher (President and CEO of
Power) and discussed their decision to make NT boxes. They are PERSONALLY
calling back most of the people that sent comments to suggestions@powercc.com
to explain their position and answer questions.
Some of the more notable points in the discussion:
1. Power does indeed intend to make NT systems.
2. Power will not be going up against the mass-NT market. They realize that
they have little to NO chance of going head to head with Dell, Compaq, et al.,
so they will use their NT product in a comparable position to, say, Apple's
Network Server boxes: A one stop solution for Macs and entperise computing,
etc. They view it as another weapon to stuff down the throats of Anti-Mac
MISes.
3. PowerCC wishes to have an NT solution that uses Macs as clients/workstations
- as none of the major vendors (Dell, Compaq, etc.) seem to want to support the
Mac, and instead wish to replace any existing Mac investment you may have with
their own hardware.
4. Power has conducted many studies and focus groups on the matter, and has
come to the conclusion that, *for now*, NT seems to be the server-class OS for
the future. Rhapsody didn't really enter the discussion, although I got an
impression that they were hoping it would catch on - but they weren't going to
be depending on it for their bread and butter.
5. By using the same components (for example, certain PowerCC models share a
case with the Dell Dimension, the PTP is an IBM case) such as cases, SCSI
cards, drives, and other subsystems in both their clones and their NT servers,
PCC can reduce the cost, and thus prices, for all machines.
6. PowerCC would be making large advertisements about their plans and new
products, but the SEC has a rule about no advertisement about new products,
etc, until 30 days after their stock goes on the market. (I forgot the exact
term and citation, but that is what it amounts to). For those of you that don't
know, Power has decided to go public. They are in the SEC-imposed "quiet
period." After it is over, I am assured, they will be putting up a LOT of ads.
As for myself, I have no interest in this, except as a concerned Mac user and
consultant. If you need to verify this, or have any questions, email me here.
Please put all or part of this up, as I feel it is important to get out the
word on Power Computing - they are NOT jumping ship!<
Henry Fok |
