In the early 1980s Apple Computer Company 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 PCs.
C)all the employees were so young, they occasionally played more than they worked.
D)there were no coherent product lines targeted to identifiable market segments.
E)they had made their personal computers too "personal" so they lost their economies of scale.

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The nickname "Camp Runamok" implies a lack of structure or coherence, and choice D indicates that there were no coherent product lines targeted to identifiable market segments, which fits with this characterization. The other options are either not supported by the information given (such as option B, which is not mentioned at all) or are not reflective of a lack of structure or coherence (such as option A, which implies individual freedom rather than lack of organization).

In the Early 1980s Apple Computer Company Was Often Called