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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: Some observations
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Date: 1 Nov 90 02:08:52 GMT
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In article <9148@aggie.ucdavis.edu> pthirose@ucdavis.edu (Paul Hirose) writes:
>>[Stuff about a Laser GS clone deleted]
>With all this talk of letter-writing campaigns to Apple...maybe we ought 
>to try and reverse the tactic.  Rather than writing letters saying "Hurry
>up and support the GS and make wondrful things for it" say "Hurry up, and
>give up the GS, and just license out the ROMS tos omeone else, so you
>can do what you want - support Macs".
>
>It seems licensing ROMs would be a good idea.  Apple would get money
>since they would charge companies to buy the license.  Then probably
>also charge money for every unit the company sells.  They'd get a lot
>of satisfied people since Apple did what everyone wanted - ie: help
>support the II (even if it's not APple inc directly...teh end result 
>is the same).  

	But I think that a lot of the general public wouldn't buy
a non-"big name" computer... Unless this would sort of be the same as
the zillion IBM clones around, but I see it in a different light but
I can't really explain why.. (Well, for one that there'd only be one
company and not zillions)

	Lots of people now won't buy something if it doesn't say IBM on
it, and I believe there are probably people who believe that about Apple also.

	Giving/licensing the GS to Laser (or Applied Engineering, I'd say...
They seem to be technical whizes) is better than NOTHING, but I say 
prodding and presuring Apple to do something is still the best thing..

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