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From: lbotez@pro-sol.cts.com (Lynda Botez)
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Subject: Re: AppleWorks SELLS!
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Date: 9 Jul 89 01:20:47 GMT
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>... someone on one of Compuserve's forums told John Sculley that Apple
>dealers seemed to be "former shoe salesmen"...

Great line!  Well, not really true; but I often wonder if the customers know
more than the sales staff of some of these computer stores.  The trouble is,
most of the salesmen know very little about computers, since the majority
aren't Users...  And it is a very complicated industry.  

When I bought my Apple II GS, the salesman tried to convince me that I should
buy Appleworks, since it was the program that everyone used.  I couldn't quite
figure out why I needed to use spreadsheets and data bases at home... so I
decided against purchasing it and went for something more in the data
oops word processing area and bought Roger Wagner's Mousewrite.

While I am sure that Appleworks is a worthy program, especially if you're a
small business owner who wants to incorporate all the features of Appleworks,
it's great.  However, for the average home user, I doubt it does much except
for the word processing feature.  I am sure half of the those "millions sold"
(kind of reminiscent of a certain burger chain with golden arches) are sitting
collecting dust.  When you don't know much about software or computers, it's
relatively easy for a saleman to convince you that it's a "must have".

Sometimes when I read A+ or some of the other Apple magazines, I get the
feeling that all those articles on Appleworks are written for people who are
just trying to get some use out of that $250 they spent on the program in the
first place!   -:)

Lynda