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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Some observations
Message-ID: <14276@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 29 Oct 90 22:55:10 GMT
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Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <139800045@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> wogg0743@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>After all, whether Macintosh Inc. discontinues the Apple II or not, my
>trusty Apple II will remain on my desk.

This is a good point.  However, commercial software developers are likely
to totally drop the Apple II line, unless there are strong sales of the
Apple II software that are currently on the market.  Many have already
done so.

One ray of hope is the emergence of comp.sources.apple2.  If enough
QUALITY software is made available in source form, other developers will
be able to use some of it as a base for their own products, and thus it
is possible that the Apple II community may become self-supporting.