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From: cromwell@acsu.buffalo.edu (mark j cromwell)
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Subject: Re: A low blow from Apple
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Date: 18 Sep 90 13:41:19 GMT
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In article <15184@yunexus.YorkU.CA> philip@yunexus.yorku.ca (Phil McDunnough) writes:

>Would you please explain how you arrive at this conclusion, after defining what
>you mean by "dead"? I keep thinking about this but it just won't sink in.

  Dead = no one will buy it anymore, or possibly that no one will write
software for it, or possibly no one will use it anymore.  But actually, I meant 
Apple wants the series dead. The fact  that Apple hasn't put out a significant 
new Apple II box in 4 years proves they are trying to kill it.

  In this business where processing power doubles every 5 years, the Apple II
has languished with performance less than that of any competitor in the same 
price range. With each passing month that Apple Computer fails to bring out 
an Apple II with a better price/performance the deader the series gets deader.
The software industry seems to recognize that Apple wants the II dead. How
many new Claris Apple II products have there been in the last 4 years? How
many companies do you know that dropped the II?

   Apple Computer could have easily brought out a machine with double or
more the speed, competitive graphics and competitive pricing. The fact that
they have not leads me to one of two conclusions: 1) they are incompetent,
2) they want to see the series to die.

   Apple has done nearly everything they could to make the series rot on the
vine. I would be very happy if Apple would come out tomorrow with a box
that was competitive with a 4 year old Amiga. But alas it seems they want
us all to buy $2000+ monochrone Macs with a  $500 card to run old Apple IIe 
stuff. As far as Apple is concerned, it seems they think the line is dead.

>Philip McDunnough
>University of Toronto
>philip@utstat.toronto.edu
>[my opinions]

					- Mark Cromwell