Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Woz giveth, Scully taketh away
Message-ID: <1990Oct4.042059.17703@utstat.uucp>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 90 04:20:59 GMT
References: <28361@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <5658@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Organization: Statistics, U. of Toronto

In article <5658@mace.cc.purdue.edu> asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) writes:

[tirade directed at Apple's computer policies,etc...deleted]

Get a hold of yourselves. This is getting out of hand. The idea of the Mac and
the II() line converging is a very good one for all of us. The more we share 
with the Mac, the more choices we will have and the more programmers will be
attracted to the GS. The way it's coming across is that the GS has no qualities
at all, and if Apple were to offer low-cost Macs that would be the end of the
GS. I assume GS prices will drop as Apple adjusts its pricing policies. An
inexpensive GS has great appeal. If it doesn't( and I believe it does) then our
discussion is somewhat academic anyway.

Finally, will all those people contemplating a move to the NeXT please get a hold of NeXT's Fall catalogue. Look at the software prices. The GS and the NeXT arenot competing. Neither is the GS competing with the Amiga3000.

It might be a good idea to enjoy the GS, buy software( MusicWriter from PyWare
has just been upgraded to version 2.0 and is a significant program, Diversi-Tuneis being upgraded, and there are others.). The GS does need a bit more speed.
What we could do without are self-fulfilling musings.

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