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To: soup who wrote (22191)	1/11/1999 10:24:00 PM
From: Jonathan Bird	Read Replies (1) of 213173

<<By giving 12 year-old SCSI the heave-ho, they stimulate the creation of new devices by creating demand.>> That's my point soup. Apple doesn't make money from stimulating demand for other peoples products. By including SCSI and serial they could stimulate demand for Apple products, namely computers for professionals. More demand for Apple products means more people willing to make peripherals for them. Hey! A virtuous cycle! <<AAPL can then point to all the nifty new FireWire/USB toys as evidence of the Mac platform's growing acceptance. Virtuous cycle.>> If the new mac was compatible with legacy hardware then they would not have to point to products in the future that will work, they could point to products that work NOW. Which is more valuable? They could have both. They worst thing about having SCSI as an add on is that it consumes one of the slots that are already in short supply for the very people who need SCSI and slots the most. <<They also protect the price of their older inventory for those who demand legacy ports.>> Interesting strategy. Create a new product that is less desirable then your old product so that you can be sure there is a demand for the product you aren't making anymore and are basically all sold out of. Hmmmm... Great news for the used hardware market! Jon Bird

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