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From: preece@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Apple Macs and C? <at Dartmouth> - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 18-Jan-84 22:45:36 EST
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uicsl!preece    Jan 18 13:08:00 1984

Dartmouth has based its campus computing on 'new, untried technology'
before (that's where timesharing and Basic came from) and I suspect
it will survive this gamble, too.  There will be a lot of pressure on
Apple to support this project -- Dartmouth has been very good at
making its computing innovations visible, and a widespread Apple
failure would not be the kind of publicity Apple wants to get out of
the arrangement.  Other things being equal, it's better to be on the
leading edge of capability rather than the trailing edge. I'm sure
there will be some problems in getting things established, but I'd be
very surprised if those teething problems lasted very long in the
context of a long range network plan.

Maybe Apple will move up on the priority list for True Basic versions
with this deal.

scott preece
ihnp4!uiucdcs!uicsl!preece

[nb	I realize Dartmouth isn't the only progenitor for timesharing,
but I don't think anyone had an earlier system of comparable power and
availability.]