Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!rex!lang From: lang@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Raymond Lang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Some observations Message-ID: <5191@rex.cs.tulane.edu> Date: 29 Nov 90 02:42:52 GMT References: <9011281629.AA06256@apple.com> Organization: C.S. Dept, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA Lines: 22 In <9011281629.AA06256@apple.com> $CSD211@LSUVM.BITNET (Mark Orr) writes: >This is the real problem. Apathy. I can remeber a few years ago whenever you'd >look in Sky and Telescope or CQ or QST or 73, you see interfacing projects for >the Apple II. Furthermore, lots of hobbyist-type programs were being written >for the Apple II. Today, largely due to the elitist-marketing of Apple's brass, [stuff deleted] >Apple wanted to become "The BMW of computer companies." the II made them more like "the Volkswagen of computer companies" which is apparently not what they wanted to be. It's too bad really. I was very disappointed this week when I saw that Duet had been suspended by Cirtech's perceived lack of support for the II. I like the machine but it has a terrible image. I have a gs and use it mostly for communications & Appleworks 'classic' (no hard drive), but I hesitate to tell people around school what I use at home since I generally get a response like, "a what?! aren't those built with vacuum tubes!?" The occasional person who is interested in hearing what I can do with it is usually surprised that it can handle something like Orca's Prizm; but this only shows how poorly the machine is marketed. Ray lang@rex.cs.tulane.edu