On Mar 20, 2011, at 8:00 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: > John, > > You are absolutely right that the clones were wonderful for the users. > > My husband had a Power Computing machine that was great. > > Did not work for Apple, though, marketing-wise. > > Either that or the whole effort was missing a Steve Jobs something or other. > > On Mar 19, 2011, at 10:39 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
Yes it sure was a marketing move. I read somewhere that Sir Steve bought out out "Power Computing" using an investment from Bill Gates to come back and save Apple, and that he sure did. :-) Wally, iMac, Cube, Clamshell Smurf . Funny how these machines still run daily and a Windbloze box from that time was in the heap long ago. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
