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From: kenfair@snowy.rice.edu (Kenneth Jason Fair)
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Subject: Re: Last two posts I read...
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Date: 15 Apr 91 18:27:04 GMT
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In article <22324@yunexus.YorkU.CA> philip@yunexus.yorku.ca (Phil McDunnough) writes:
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>>I can't tell you the number of people who have walked into my room and said,
>>"A Mac IIGS, is that one of the new ones?  Wow."

As for myself, I've taking to punching them out.  It seems that NO
ONE, especially Mac owners, have even HEARD of the Apple II line.  I
get the last laugh, though, when I show them what my modestly upgraded
GS can do.  Especially demos by FTA and the new 3200 color routines.
The more 3200 becomes a standard, the better.

As for the piracy/suport debate:  Piracy helped, if anything, make the
Apple II such a popular computer.  But that's because Apple supported
it.

From what I've heard talking to software publishers and game
designers, they don't want to put money into a computer that's not
being supported.  Only reasonable business practice.

Actually, that's not quite true.  There are plenty of game designers
still writing great software for the IIGS.  The problem is, they can't
get any companies to support their work.  That's why you're seeing
lots of shareware now.

C'mon Apple, get on the ball!

(Andy, prod the higher-ups a bit for us!!)

Ken



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