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From: asong@pro-nbs.cts.com (Andi Song)
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Subject: Re: 60 Minutes
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Date: 1 Apr 91 08:02:23 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from declan@remus.rutgers.edu


        Declan, you say that  companies often put down products in favor of
another one of theirs. But look at the auto indistry. Each automaker sells
a complete line of cars that ranges up and down the scale. In Nissan, they
go from the $7000 Sentra to the $35,000 Turbo Z. At Mercedes, there is the
$28,000 190E to the $110,000 500SL. Yet though the dealers would LIKE you
to buy a 500SL, they'd just as gladly sell you a 190E if that's all you can
afford. And they'll still service and support your 1964 Mercedes just as
well as they service and support your '91 Mercedes. So Apple should still
support the IIgs, while continuing on to push the Mac. That's 1 million
IIgs users and countless more II+/e/c users that they're leaving in the
dust. And if a IIe is all you can afford then Appple should be happy that
your at least buying somthing from them, rather than a PC or Amiga.

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