Re: [NTLK] Fwd : RE: Tablet Article%26In-Reply-To=%26lt;001501c289e6$4676f640$5b0916ac@esca.com>

From: David Orriss Jr (dave_at_davenet.net)
Date: Mon Nov 11 2002 - 22:48:00 EST


On Monday, November 11, 2002 7:23 PM,
Henry Norr <hnorr_at_sfchronicle.com> wrote:

>> while on the one hand I understand his 'failed' comment,
>> I really didn't like the Newton being compared to an Edsel...
>
> The Edsel, as best I remember it, was a perfectly good car. Its
> problems were just that it didn't live up the hype surrounding it,
> sales were far short of the manufacturer's projections - and way
> below the cost of development - and a lot of people made fun of it.
> Sound familiar?
>

No, Mr. Norr, the Newton is the modern-day equivalent of the Tucker - NOT the
Edsel.

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