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by Joel_Mckay 51 days ago
Having fully integrated office platforms with highly limited use-cases is a laggard consumer product.

Then selling people a "cheaper version" of a bad deal tainted the branding further. Even the "free" upgrades for original Lisa owners drives was essentially telegraphing customers people had ripped them off already.

Sometimes, offering a discount on a bad deal just makes the brand damage worse. =3