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From: fadden@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Software rehash was: (Re: Egghead Drops Apple II)
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Date: 23 May 91 20:44:17 GMT
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In article <1106@stewart.UUCP> jerry@stewart.UUCP (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
[somebody else wrote:]
>>>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.

>This is incredible bull.

Fascinating.

>                          It's like saying that Ultima VI is just a rehash
>of Ultima I, and therefore totally useless.  Or that the Apple IIgs is just
>a rehash of the original Apple II, and is therefore worthless.  I suppose
>you think that PageMaker 4.0 is just a rehash of the Print Shop?

No, it's like saying that the //c+ is a rehash of the Laser 128EX, and
therefore worthless (Apple seemed to concur).  It's like saying that the
plethora of Risk-like games is a rehash of Global War (c. 1979).  As far
as PageMaker goes, take a look at Newsroom.

Keep in mind the 90% figure.  There's a very good 10%, but even spiffy
games like the re-released Stellar 7 are based on old Apple II games (like,
say, Stellar 7).

>| JERRY J. SHEKHEL  | POLYGEN CORPORATION  | When I was young, I had to walk |

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