You've let down many devoted users and did not deliver on the promise of the Macintosh platform.ħ. On the other hand, Wintel talks explicitly about processor speed. When buying a 3400 laptop computer, what, exactly, are you getting ? Unless you study the brochures, you don't know how it compares with its competition. Gil Amelio should steal a page from Lee Iacocca's book - work for one year without a salary, just to inspire the troops.ĥ. And all the marketing dollars IBM threw at it couldn't help.Ĥ. Remember what happened to OS/2 - not enough applications, updates too late, scarce industry support. ISVs are losing confidence and crossing over to the Dark Side to take advantage of Wintel's market share. Your future depends on strong, user-friendly software. Start pampering independent software vendors.
Result: you monopolize the market for smart devices / homes.ģ. Have them all use the same communications protocol. License the Apple name / technology to appliance manufacturers and build GUIs for every possible device-from washing machines to telephones to WebTV.
