Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Another Apple II Supporter Turns Away
Message-ID: <1991Feb2.024851.17652@utstat.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Statistics
References: <1991Feb01.072319.4123@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> <15044@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 1991 02:48:51 GMT

In article <15044@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>In article <1991Feb01.072319.4123@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> bsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Bob Sherman) writes:
>>catalog is suddenly full of Mac and IBM software in addition to Apple II
>
>Of course; their survival is at stake.  Apple has said that they
>plan no new Apple II models, and they have made it abundantly clear
>through their marketing actions that they really don't want people
>buying Apple IIs unless they cannot be persuaded to buy Macintoshes,
>in which case some Apple dealers may reluctantly sell them Apple IIs.
>Apple has also made it clear that IIGS applications are not in their
>"bridge" plans to migrate Apple II users to the Macintosh.

Hmm...did Apple officially say that they plan no new Apple II models?
Or did they say that they planned no new Apple II models at this time?
Or did they say that they planned no standalone new Apple II models?
Or did they say that they planned no standalone new Apple II models
at this time?...

Which of the above has been said( or maybe none of the above?)?

As far as Apple making it clear that GS applications are not in any
bridge plans...., what does that mean, who said it, when, etc...

It seems to me that the status of the GS is far from clear. All computer
lines evolve. Has a GS/Mac combination been ruled out?

It seems a little far fetched to imagine schools buying a Mac LC in order
to run IIe software. Why not just buy IIe's and Mac's? Or PC's( they also
run IIe software).

Of course it is also absurd for schools to be using the GS as a IIe at
the current price of a GS( which should be chopped in half).

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
[my opinions]