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mikeash on Dec 6, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Behind RIM’s $485M Write-off

The Newton was supposedly profitable for Apple. It was killed not because it lost money, but because it was overall not a good use of resources for Apple despite making a modest amount of money.

protomyth on Dec 6, 2011 [–]

I have heard that if you factor in the development costs, it was not profitable.

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