Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!fernwood!portal!cup.portal.com!-Rich- From: -Rich-@cup.portal.com (Richard Sherman Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: So? Did the announcement happen? Message-ID: <41602@cup.portal.com> Date: 24 Apr 91 03:30:19 GMT References: <8934A47D6BDF205A45@MACALSTR.EDU> <414@alchemy.UUCP> <51814@apple.Apple.COM> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 27 >Assuming that you're talking about me, I kind of doubt that Apple is locking >me into an "Ivory Tower" -- I'm working harder towards contributing towards >the Apple II far more now than I was before just working on ShrinkIt. > >I have no substantive way to prove this, except that I've been here for almost >6 months now and >I< feel that I've been more productive. I've worked the >extra hours, learned the extra stuff, tried out the things I thought would >work, and experimented with stuff that didn't (on my Apple IIGS). I've solved >problem after problem with the Finder and incorporated features that my bosses >didn't think possible in the time given. I'm just one person, and I've >done the very best I could. > >Andy Nicholas GEnie & America-Online: shrinkit >Apple IIGS System Software CompuServe: 70771,2615 >Apple Computer, Inc. InterNET: shrinkit@apple.com Cmon Andy, are'nt you under some sort of a non-disclosure aggrement? But in any case, I doubt that anyone could doubt the value of your contributions to the APple // community. I can hardly wait to see the new finder. Keep up the good work. Rich -Rich-@cup.portal.com