Wirt Atmar opined:

> The core of the problem is that Apple is a dying company -- and I've
> unfortunately come to the conclusion that I don't think that they can pull it
> out anymore. If they are to survive at this eleventh hour, they're going to
> have to rapidly switch over and become a hardware manufacturer, supporting NT
> and 95/98 primarily and Macs only secondarily. But I doubt that they're going
> to do that -- and because of that, I don't give Apple five more years.

Last time I checked, Apple held about the same market share of the PC
market that the HP3000 holds in its market.  Maybe larger.  Also, I seem
to remember the same being said about the HP3000 and MPE a few years
back, that the 3000 was dying so HP was focusing on the 9000 and
HP-UX...  And you all know what happened; so I wouldn't count Apple out
just yet.  The G3 Macs are *screamers*, and should be a good alternative
to NT server when Rhapsody ships (no, I don't know the time frame, but I
think it's supposed to be next year).  And if you can't wait, get
Virtual PC (Connectix) and start running NT on your G3 Mac *right now*.

> A solution doesn't go away simply because the vendor says it does.

Nor does a company die just because people say it's dying.

Just another opinion.
Patrick "not an Apple employee, just a satisfied customer" Santucci
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