Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mailrus!ncar!noao!arizona!udi
From: udi@cs.arizona.edu (Udi Manber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Clarification
Message-ID: <103@aloe.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 30 Sep 90 02:32:39 GMT
References: <45212@apple.Apple.COM> <139626@kean.ucs.mun.ca> <45267@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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In article <45267@apple.Apple.COM>, potel@Apple.COM (Mike Potel) writes:
> 
> Relax, let me restate what Kevin said:
> 
> .....
> 
> As Kevin said, this is not an official announcment by Apple or Claris, I deny
> I said anything.  Claris will be giving us all the official scoop shortly,
> just as soon as they hose down the person who wrote that original press
> release...
> 
> .....

I am not sure you realize how bad this makes apple management look.
This fiasco has been going on for more than a week now (at least).
I mean, can you imagine an official, say, GM press release saying that
new chevys will come without tires, and only professional drivers will
be able to get nice tires.  Then there's a big rage, and an official
at Chevy is quoted as saying "little old ladies don't need tires; 
they drive so slow anyway; we want to protect them."
And then a whole week goes by and no one says anything!  
(This is not a precise analogy, but you get my point.)

Someone with authority at apple should have realized
quickly how serious this is and should have done something about it.
I fully sympathize with the hypercard team.  They deserve better.

-- Udi Manber
-- Dept. of Computer Science, University of Arizona
-- udi@cs.arizona.edu