info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (05/13/84)
Date: 12 May 84 2:21:20-EDT (Sat) From: uw-beaver!Peterr%toronto.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa To: info-mac@sumex-aim.arpa Subject: The number of Macs sold An item in the Toronto Globe and Mail for Friday May 11 (pg. B14) confirms the 70,000 Macs-in-100-days figure (calling it 20,000 more than expected) and compares it to the two-and-a-half years it took to sell 50,000 Apple II's and the seven-and-a-half months to sell the first 50,000 IBM PC's. Other items of interest: - Apple is "talking to" 250 software developers, 25 in Canada, and this will grow to 350 and 35, respectively, by the end of the year. - A "flurry" of software announcments is expected in June. - The Mac has "also stimulated an unprecedented demand for Lisa". - Xerox Canada will carry the Mac and Lisa in its retail stores. p. rowley, U. Toronto