rnv@motsj1.UUCP (Ron Voss) (09/22/88)
FLAME ON! In August I mentioned to a good friend of mine at Apple that I wanted to buy a Mac SE. My friend said to wait, that there would be an announcement in September that would affect prices. We all know about that. My friend IS my friend, such that I know Apple did a number on said friend, rather than friend on me. So now my SE will cost me more, not less, and my friend is sorry and embarrased. What I would really like is for someone at Apple to say that they don't do this kind of thing on purpose to stick it to their employees who talk and to the friends who listen. Then again, maybe they do it on purpose. Comment, Apple? FLAME OFF. I don't feel any better. -- Ron Voss, Motorola Microcomputer Div hplabs!motsj1!rnv CIS 73647,752 408-991-7390 Opinions: My own
chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (09/22/88)
>In August I mentioned to a good friend of mine at Apple >that I wanted to buy a Mac SE. My friend said to wait, >that there would be an announcement in September that >would affect prices. >So now my >SE will cost me more, not less, and my friend is sorry >and embarrased. Actually, your friend should be more than embarrsed. Leaking company proprietary information is, last I looked, a firing offense. Your friend should be worried that he might lose his job. >What I would really like is for someone at Apple to >say that they don't do this kind of thing on purpose >to stick it to their employees who talk and to the friends >who listen. Then again, maybe they do it on purpose. >Comment, Apple? I'm not Apple, but I'll comment anyway. Your friend blew it. Unannounced, company private information is not a commodity to be bantered between friends. It's a corporate resource. By blowing the whistle on this (and THEN getting it wrong!) he cost you money. He also cost you time where you might have had the machine being useful to you. He also cost his company a sale. Potentially, lots of sales. It's a situation that can get Apple into trouble with its stockholders and the SEC. It's called 'inside information' -- and it can get people sent to jail. Ask Ivan Boesky. No sympathy from this angle. You decided to listen to an unconfirmed rumor, and got burned. Your friend broke company security by distributing company proprietary information. And you're pissed at Apple? Get real. Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Editor/Publisher, OtherRealms
tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson) (09/23/88)
>>In August I mentioned to a good friend of mine at Apple >>that I wanted to buy a Mac SE. My friend said to wait, >>that there would be an announcement in September that >>would affect prices. > >>So now my >>SE will cost me more, not less, and my friend is sorry >>and embarrased. > >Actually, your friend should be more than embarrsed. Leaking company >proprietary information is, last I looked, a firing offense. Your friend >should be worried that he might lose his job. Well, maybe Apple decided to spread this misleading information just to see which of its employees were leaking inside information. Those that were came in to work very chagrined... (this would be better than being fired!) -Ted