Critics always urge the company to drop the boxes and concentrate on software.
It's a debate nearly as old as Apple itself. Apple CEO Steve Jobs thought he had finally ended this argument three years ago, when he snuffed out the fledgling market for Mac clones. Co. Today, the debate is being resurrected for two reasons. First, personal computer sales are tanking industrywide and losses are mounting. Second, Palm Computing has successfully licensed its market-leading operating system for handheld computers.