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From: jordan%lvvm6.span@SDS.SDSC.EDU (RICH)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: RE: Re: Golden Gate
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Date: 31 Oct 88 16:56:36 GMT
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Rick,
     After flaming someone once without a good reason, I reset the trigger on
my flame gun to a solid 18 lb. pull to avoid such incidents in the future. I
do have a comment on your last post concerning the Golden Gate rumors.

     After AppleFest, with the announced 12-18 month timeframe for a new Apple
][ release, the expectations are that if it takes that long to produce, it is
going to have to be a machine that blows away a lot of systems (specifically
Amigas and ST's) in all major categories (and not necessarily the current
Amigas and ST's but the ones that will be out at that time). The GS has been
out longer than the Mac 2 without an upgrade, and I wouldn't be at all sur-
prised if the Macs got even further upgrades before any new GS product is 
announced. Even without the rumors, the expectations are running so high right
now that your sales might suffer from that alone.

{setting flame gun to <WARM>}

     Please don't blame low holiday sales (if that happens) on rumors. Instead
consider blaming it on lack of new and exciting _product_ that a lot of people
believe should have been available by now (including me). Thanks for your time.

							Rich

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