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Sent:12/23/96; 12:47:27 PM
From: bpettit@apple.com (Brad Pettit)

Dave,

To imply that Steve Jobs (or anyone else with that much money) must have a financial stake to assure their commitment to a venture is ludicrous. He didn't say "The Journey Is The Reward" at the beginning of his journey. Maybe now the journey _is_ the reward.

One of the laws of marketing is that "It's always a two-horse race." The two OS-race was Windows and Macintosh. Nothing else mattered, at least in the business/consumer/education market. And it didn't matter how strong the also-rans were, they had little or no chance.

Now Next joins with Apple in the business/consumer/education market battle. Be wary.

Coke - Pepsi - RC Windows - Mac/Next - Be

-- Brad Pettit -- bpettit@aimnet.com

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