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To: Edward Boghosian who wrote (8416)	2/11/1998 8:24:00 PM
From: Scott Crumley	Respond to of 213177

Ed, Thanks for the clarification. It seems we're not as far apart as I had imagined. I guess we only differ in how we perceive the game plan the Jobs is implementing. I am aware that many people would like to see things move a bit faster. My take is that Jobs is very serious about making sure that all that is promised is delivered. This takes care, patience and clear vision. You can't rush the harvest. I realize that time is of the essence for Apple's recovery. Since we both would like to see Apple succeed, I hope I am right, but your point is well taken. I also feel that the changes that Jobs has implemented are sweeping reforms, and therefore deserve more than "nickle and dime" status. And regarding MicroSoft's marketing having been more aggressive than Apple's in the past, I clearly agree. I do however believe that the "Snail" ad is effectively and sufficiently aggressive. It is my hope that Apple pursues this trend. Regards, Scott P.S. Keep tilting at those windmills.

To: Edward Boghosian who wrote (8416)	2/13/1998 10:21:00 AM
From: BillHoo	Respond to of 213177

<<Microsoft markets an inferior product better than Apple markets a superior product.>> I agree, Apple cannot seem to get away from playing the proprietary game. What is their motivation? Fear? Greed? Take your pick. I'm for the Wild Macintosh. Cast it out freely to the public and develop a compatible proprietary OS, like Mac OS Gold or Mac OS Pro, maybe Rhapsody. The Wild Mac could be the "simple" OS I was talking about in previous posts. Mac-Lite perhaps. Able to run on Intel. (They could take the Mac Intel code from the Star Trek project and finish development for a simple OS. I hear it could actually boot up an Intel 486! Just needed more work.) Free it for use and development. In fact, if you could make it run on a 386 with 4 megs of RAM. The market they would be stealing are those who already have old machines and have not yet decided to buy a new one. Imagine, a GUI that has the features of Mac OS 6.0 on an an Intel 386! That's an area Windows could not fight on. The Mac SEs with 2MB or RAM and 20MB hard drives were always able to win this fight. There are people who still have these types of machine reluctant to upgrade to Windows. Make it compatible with the old 68k Mac software. This may not bring income to Apple, but it would increase market share and renew a market for existing 68k software. Much of which is free. Aldus could remarket PageMaker 1.5 and 2.0. Claris Macwrite II could make a comeback. Micrososft could bring back Word 5.0, Excel 1.0 etc. (I don't know about the orignal Powerpoint though because it was a Mac proprietary company before MSFT bought them and ported it to Windows with version 4.0) Mosaic 1.3 would be the browser. Sure, it will certainly be an inferior product compared to what's out there... But again, most people don't need all those features and it will be free. I could halt PC grwoth by a small percentage. Where the Wild Mac Grows.... -Bill_H