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From: rupp@cod.NOSC.MIL (William L. rupp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: No 'more' in MS-DOS, continued
Message-ID: <1180@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 3 Aug 88 23:52:10 GMT
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Reply-To: rupp@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (William L. rupp)
Organization: Computer Sciences Corp., San Diego
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I think I sent a fairly detailed response to this posting directly to
the author, but I did not save it.  Anyway, I think that my main point
was that, as successful as the Apple II line has been, it is now
going up against more powerful micros running much more sophisticated
operating systems.  ProDOS is certainly a big improvement over Apple DOS
3.3, but it still lacks many of the important features found in good
old (yuk!) MS-DOS, not to mention UNIX, etc.

But, more importantly, I really wonder whether it makes sense from
Apple's point of view, to do all the upgrading to the II line that many
Apple II users would like.  If the line sells well as is, why bother?
I don't say that Apple really feels that way.  I just believe that, if
Apple wants to let the IIs roll on and make money for as long as
possible, that is a legitimate decision for them to make.  Selling
computers that they knew emitted dangerous radiation, or fall apart in
six months would not be tolerable, on the other hand.  As far as I know,
Apple is guilty, at worst, of making hard-nosed business decisions which
many people do not like.  Such is life in a (more or less) free society,
no?

Bill

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Someone is going to point out that I already said I would shut up on
this topic.  Well, I AM going to shut up.  Real soon now...
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