Path: utzoo!utdoe!generic!pnet91!ericmcg From: ericmcg@pnet91.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Egghead Drops Apple II Message-ID: <745@generic.UUCP> Date: 19 May 91 05:15:05 GMT Sender: root@generic.UUCP Organization: People-Net [pnet91], Etobicoke, ON Lines: 16 >Perhaps the returning of the Apple // into the hackers hands is a good >thing, I've seen a lot of crap software come out, and that can't be good >for a computer's name. I for one am not willing to pay money for >useless software, and perhaps developers don't quite understand that >$40-$50 is alot of money. > > Calum A. Wilkie <-> calumw@castle.ed.ac.uk <-> Edinburgh University It doesn't seem to have hurt IBM any. :) 90% of the "latest and greatest" IBM software is just rehash of Apple II and Mac stuff years old. There are some very notable exceptions, but the majority is crap that would not sell on any other system. UUCP: bkj386!pnet91!ericmcg INET: ericmcg@pnet91.cts.com