Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!rutgers!apple!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!gryphon!pnet02!lbotez From: lbotez@pnet02.gryphon.com (Lynda Botez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Support Apple II's Message-ID: <22473@gryphon.COM> Date: 20 Nov 89 01:40:26 GMT Sender: root@gryphon.COM Organization: People-Net [pnet02], Redondo Beach, CA. Lines: 32 Michael Steele writes: >I commend people like Matt and other AIIDTS folks on the net who further >the GS cause. The people at fault are the marketing slime who evidently >run Apple Corporate now! ... Gulp... Those are rather harsh words to bandy about [not that I'm fond of Apple marketing either, but still...] :-) This Apple II/Macintosh dispute has been going on ever since the Macintosh was introduced. The Apple II division wasn't exactly fond of the Macintosh when it first came around either. However; I truely believe Apple has come to their senses, and will hopefully redefine the marketing strategy for the IIGS. We're not just schools; there is a viable home market out there just waiting to be sold on the Apple IIGS. I understand there are a few Apple IIGS commercials being shown around the country (anyone on the net seen one?). I think it was in Houston, or something. Apple apparently has a run a few television commercials in cities where they feel people would invest in an Apple II. If you live in New York or LA, forget it. It's Mac city (at least that's what marketing believes). Why can't they see that the two machines can co-exist with each other? Hey, some people even buy BOTH! I also heard a rumor that Apple has actually HIRED a couple of new marketing people. Change is *perhaps* in the air. Lynda UUCP: {ames!elroy, }!gryphon!pnet02!lbotez INET: lbotez@pnet02.gryphon.com