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From: mvk@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
Subject: Re: Hot RUMOR in Apple Land
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Date: 21 Mar 91 07:28:30 GMT
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In article <30382.apple.net@pro-beagle> mmunz@pro-beagle.cts.com (Mark Munz) writes:
>Wait a second.. SEARS would simply distribute the Apple II -- not 
>develop it. That's what this is all about.. assuming the rumor is true.
>
>Don't pull this thing too far out into the wild..
>
>Mark Munz

Yes, but I'd be willing to bet that if Sears were actively trying to sell GS's,
they would stock peripherals and software too.  That would provide a much larger
market for GS developers than they have had in quite a while.  I would not have
problems with Apple selling II's through Sears-like stores (when's the last
time a Macintosh dealer actually sold an Apple II anyway?) as long as they
continued to support it.  When they stop creating new devices like DMA SCSI
cards, VOC's, and system upgrades, then Apple's killed it.

On a side note, when the Mac clones come out this summer, any chance we'll
see a Mac card for the GS?

Michael Kent                                     mvk@itsgw.rpi.edu