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From: lhaider@pro-grouch.cts.com (Laer Haider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: A low blow from Apple
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Date: 18 Sep 90 05:47:07 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from mattd@Apple.COM

>In article <1990Sep11.000230.23140@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
>bsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Bob Sherman) writes:
>>I think Apple has delt the Apple II world a low blow this month. 
>>
>>They have announced that effective in October they will drop the 
>>Apple II Technical Bulletin which has been published for the past
>>couple of years, and replace it with the Educational Technical Bulletin.
>>The reason being they want to dilute it with Mac items, or perhaps I
>>should say over-run it with Mac items.. as they have already done
>>with user group mailings and developer publications.
>>
>>However the sister publication "Mac Technical Bulletin" remains
>>untouched, and continues to be published (without Apple II items, natch!)..
>>
>>Looks to me like one more vivid attempt to banish the words Apple II
>>from a visible profile.. At this rate, pretty soon they will be calling
>>the company "The Big Mac Computer Company" to furthe banish the word
>>Apple.
IIs-together lab, where 99% of the customers for this publication
>are?
>
>No, that would be logic, and we can't have that in comp.sys.apple2.
>
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Don't be a jerk Matt.  You know what he's concerned about.  I think we all do.
It just looks like another sign of lowering the level of support for the Apple
II platform of personal computing (sound logical?).  Admit it to yourself and
to the rest of comp.sys.apple2; Apple Computer, Inc. hasn't been doing much
for the II line for years.  Sure, there's been a few neat things; just not
much of a showing of any commitment to it.  I think deep down, we all feel the
end nearing for Apple II(xx) support, and it's got us all a bit uneasy,
especially when we hear negative news.  Show a little support and explain the
moves Apple is making if you see one of us getting uneasy.  Don't be a jerk
about it.

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