Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ctrsol!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: AppleWorks SELLS! Message-ID: <8907071048.aa14269@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 7 Jul 89 15:27:27 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 41 >For your information, AppleWorks has, in the past, been the number one >selling program for the Apple computer. That must say something about >the program... Actually, it says a great deal more about the breadth of knowledge of Apple dealers. The primary reason for the phenomenal sales rate of AppleWorks has been that it's been sold with practically every new //e and //c (and I suppose IIgs) system since it first came out. The vast majority of Apple Computer store sales personnel aren't familiar with ANY alternative software (someone on one of Compu$erve's forums told John Sculley that Apple dealers seemed to be "former shoe salesmen," and in many instances, that's not far from the truth). >Another thing: Since Appleworks has been around for 5 years, wordperfect >has had nothing to do but sit around and learn from Appleworks mistakes AppleWorks has had the same opportunity (notice that the soon to be replaced version is number TWO). I don't use either AppleWorks or WordPerfect; my impression is that AppleWorks (especially with the addition of the various Beagle Brothers' TimeOut add-ons) is a pretty good general purpose (word processor, spreadsheet-calculator, filer) program. A better word processor (Word Perfect?), plus a better Spreadsheet (SuperCalc?), plus a better database manager (DB Master) would cost a BUNCH more in total. Arguing over software features seems to me a bit like arguing over whether a C-64 is a better buy than an Apple //e or is an Amiga a better buy than a IIgs -- that is, a futile exercise. If you gotta make the case for your favorite program, please try to stick with features (price IS a feature :-) rather than irrelevancy, such as "millions of copies sold" or "the best software ever for something you'll probably never do ." Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)