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From: patth@dasys1.UUCP (Patt Haring)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Scully at The Boston Computer Society
Message-ID: <1644@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Oct-87 07:34:48 EDT
Article-I.D.: dasys1.1644
Posted: Wed Oct 14 07:34:48 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Oct-87 21:36:59 EDT
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Keywords: Pertinent Questions

Reposted from the Boston/Apple Connection BBS (617) 275-9422
                  (300/1200 Baud, 24 Hrs)
I DOWNLOADED THE FOLLOWING FROM THE CITINET APPLE BOARD:
          With Apple President Scully speaking at the BCS Meeting
          October 13, let's confront him with the Apple's poor
          treatment of Apple II users.  I hope readers will raise the
          following questions:
          ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
          - Why has Apple consistently put most of its resources into
          MacIntosh development, marketing and support, and so little
          into the Apple II?
          - Why has Apple been so slow to update Apple's products
          (especially Appleworks) with the advanced features so
          prevalent on IBM word processors, data bases and
          spreadsheets?
          - In transferring software development from Apple to Claris
          will Claris continue the "pro-Mac, no-II" biases?
          - Will Apple continue to artificially overprice products by:
              - dropping dealers who sell at a discount,
              - opposing mail orders,
              - and fighting Apple-clones?
          Why are new products for the Apple II usually introduced
          well after similar Mac products are introduced?
          When can we expect the following types of products for the
          Apple II:
              - good CD ROM drives with massive storage (e.g. 600+
              megabytes)?
              - high resolution digital monitors?
              - Hypercard?
              - 32-bit CPU?
              - 25 hertz speed?
              - Multiprocessing?
              - Mac-like graphic interface faster than the ProDos 16
              snail?
              - local area networks?
              - IBM compatibility/transportability?
              - Mac compatibility/transportabilty?
          - Is the rumor true that Apple is actively preventing
          improvements to the IIGS that would make it more competitive
          in the business world?  Specifically, is it true that Apple
          tried to kill Applied Engineering 6 hz. accelerator chip?
          Is it true that Apple has discouraged developers from
          developing business software that could compete with the
          Mac?
          ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
          I am sure other readers have similar questions.  When we've
          tried to address these concerns in the past, Apple referred
          inquiries to local dealers.  The dealers, of course, knew
          nothing!
          Something is severely screwed up with Apple when one can buy
          an IBM clone that is 8 times as fast and has a 40 megabyte
          hard disk, floppy, and monitor for less than the cost of an
          Apple 20 megabyte hard by itself!  Only when users unite,
          and register their complaints with APPLE CUPERTINO
          directly, can we expect to get answers!

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