Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!shelby!rutgers!att!dptg!mtune!rkh
From: rkh@mtune.ATT.COM (Robert Halloran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple Product Announcement
Message-ID: <839@mtune.ATT.COM>
Date: 12 Oct 90 13:05:17 GMT
References: <1990Oct12.025052.6730@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: AT&T BL Middletown/Lincroft NJ USA
Lines: 51

In article <1990Oct12.025052.6730@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova) writes:
>   I am privileged to be able to attend the Chicago area
>version of the Apple Product Announcement.  John Sculley will
>be there live via satellite for all of us to hear.  I will
>of course bring back a full report of the events.
>
>   Word has it there will be a "surprise" for Apple II
>enthusiasts.  Hopefully this will be better than the ROM 03
>announcement.  Also, I have no gauge as to how reliable this
>information is, so take it for what it's worth.

It may simply be the official announcement of the thoroughly-leaked
][e board for the cheap Mac.  If so, foo.  A real announcement
for the ][ as opposed to a Mac co-processor board WOULD be
a surprise....

>   Is there anything you folks would like me to say should
>it turn out that nothing worthwhile appears for the II?
>I'm sure a shouting match won't develop, but then, I'm a
>man of great patience but short temper. :-)

You might ask if they're changing their name to Macintosh, Inc...
:-<

Ask why, especially given the current economy, they are expecting 
the country's school boards to suddenly lay out lotsa dollars to
replace their existing A2 base with more expensive Macs
that don't offer the base of educational software that they
have come to expect.  Ask also why they should then pay further
to get compatibility with the LOW end of the 8-bit line?

>   On another note, someone mentioned that Apple stock had
>dropped from $50 to $25 since the introduction of the //fx.
>It's pretty obvious to the entire business world that Apple
>is following brain-dead marketing strategies.  Everyone but
>Apple sees this. Oh well..(at least Commodore occasionally
>tries to fix its marketing!)

The market sees Apple abandoning the schoolrooms full of
Apple ]['s and faltering in their efforts to penetrate the
boardroom with Macs.  And Apple's attempts at credibility in 
the 'workstation' market appear to be (dare I say it) fruitless.

						Bob Halloran
=========================================================================
Internet: rkh@mtune.dptg.att.com		UUCP: att!mtune!rkh		
Disclaimer: If you think AT&T would have ME as a spokesman, you're crazed.
Quote: "How do you know when a politician is lying?  His lips move." 
	- M-m-max Headroom
       "Read my lips - no new taxes..."  - G. Bush, 1988
=========================================================================