I think that the point of the author was that IF the Newton was allowed
to spin off as its own company and IF the technology did indeed "take
off", then the Apple stockholders would be angry --- because the profit
would be going to the spin-off and not to Apple. MacNeill suggests that
this is one reason why the Newton had to be killed rather than
spun-off ... just in case the technology would really help someone other
than Apple.
Sorry if I wasn't clear on the original post.
Patrick
Cleve's Conundrum:
Those who become part of a larger picture
Don't appear any smaller.
A message from Patrick Jendraszak
On Monday, February 4, 2002, at 03:03 AM, Robert Benschop wrote:
>
> on 03-02-2002 11:10, Patrick Jendraszak at indyibook_at_home.com wrote:
>
>> He didn't allow it to spin off because if the technology did in fact
>> take
>> off, stockholders would have been extremely dissatisfied.
>
> I beg your pardon....
>
> That doesn't make sense to me, since when do stockholders object to
> something taking off ? (also known as making a profit)
>
>
> Robert Benschop
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