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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple II Forever!
Message-ID: <51444@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 12 Apr 91 05:24:18 GMT
References: <8470@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <8470@crash.cts.com> mjgrimes@pro-shop.cts.com (M.J. Grimes) writes:
>Gee, I don't know how Andy and Dave can keep being so positive when
>everyone else on the net seems to be so down on the future for the Apple II.
>
>Unless, of course, they know something, we don't......     ;)

Stop me if I start to babble....

We "know" plenty of things that we can't talk about.  I put "know" in quotes
because knowing what projects are going on gives us very little idea what
will actually happen.

Projects and investigations frequently get started, stopped, shelved, and
resurrected.  This isn't surprising; this is just business.  And this is
one reason we can't talk about them--how much respect would you have for
a company that enthused publically about all their great ideas and then
shipped (say) 10% of them?

I have no trouble staying "positive"--people have been predicting the death
of the Apple II since about 1981.  I'm getting paid to work on the Apple IIgs,
a computer which seems to keep on selling whether it gets promoted or not,
so I have no special reason to start worrying now.
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