In Its Early Years, Apple Was Often Called "Camp Runamok

question 142

Multiple Choice

In its early years, Apple was often called "Camp Runamok" because

• A) every employee was encouraged to do his or her own thing.
• B) it was concentrating on laptops while everyone else was concentrating on personal computers.
• C) all the employees were so young, so they often played more than they worked.
• D) there were no coherent product lines targeted at identifiable market segments.
• E) its personal computers were running amok with viruses, spyware, and other problems.

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