on 06/09/02 05:09, markemmanuel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I argue no. I do not see Apple making the profit they want and wouldn't > be very profitable. As it stands, Apple needs to sell hardware. > Remember during the clone wars? That may happen again unless Apple > builds MacOS X's marketshare. Now, I pose the question, who would buy a > license for something like iDVD or iMovie? How much would Apple > charge? Now remember, the i-apps are part of MacOS X. > > > On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 12:44 AM, Ryan Coleman wrote: > >> Are you saying their software is *not* profitable? iDVD, iMovie, OS X >> are very porfitable. If they didn't do hardware, they probably could >> do very well in those categories. And the hardware does well too.
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