Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jm7e+ From: jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: New IBM Threat Message-ID: Date: 26 Jul 90 17:14:20 GMT References: <0aeR7uK00VQp084=UH@andrew.cmu.edu> <26AD3B56.18704@ics.uci.edu>, <13070@yunexus.YorkU.CA> Organization: Computing Systems, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 31 In-Reply-To: <13070@yunexus.YorkU.CA> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.apple2: 25-Jul-90 Re: New IBM Threat Phil McDunnough@yunexus. (1885) > A more serious threat is > the Tandy 2500XL and its 386sx version. These also have sound, larger > drives,VGA, and a very nice small footprint. DOS is in ROM, and they > currently supply Deskmate in ROM, but you can imagine what that will be > replaced by. > > > > With IBMs past record in the home market I'm not worried yet, > >but that is no excuse for you guys at Apple to shelve any upgrades for > >the IIGS :-) > I agree with you about the upgrade issue. But I would be very worried > about the IBM move. This is only the beginning for them. The problem is not in the home market per se. It is in the institutions that influence the home. Small businesses, all sorts of schools, universities, will all begin supporting the things and universities may begin asking students to buy them. Corporations are partial to IBM because they know IBM can ship and support large accounts. THEN people will start buying them at home. IBM seems to be getting serious, both with their new Unix platform and PC's. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |Jeremy Mereness | Support | Ye Olde Disclaimer: | |jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (internet) | Free | The above represent my| |a700jm7e@cmccvb (Vax... bitnet) | Software | opinions, alone. | |staff/student@Carnegie Mellon U. | | Ya Gotta Love It. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------