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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: Future of Apple II
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Date: 10 Dec 88 04:56:23 GMT
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In <8812081209.aa21799@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> PECHEN@PISCES.RUTGERS.EDU (Peter Chen) writes:
>	As Mr. Kadesh pointed out before, there is no company except Apple
>that is investing on two different types of products simultaneously.
>Apparently, Apple is attempting to amend the situation by gradually changing
>the identity of Apple II's.  Many people now regard IIgs as a low-power 
>color Mac and that's exactly what Apple wants us to do.  They want us to
>accept that image, so eventually they can merge Apple II and Mac together.
>In this light, we can well predict that the new Apple II's will be more and
>more Mac-compatible and the IIgs is only the first step.  In other words,
>Apple II's are getting "dumped!"  

	I don't know how soon you think the Apple II is being "dumped," but
it was well publicized [at least I think it was] that Apple was looking for
"Engineers to work on the next generation of the Apple //"...It was something
like that...It was less than a year ago I believe when it was advertized.
It was just very clear that they have no intention of dumping it too soon.

	I'm not trying to imply that I don't agree that they are putting
less money/resources into it as they should though.

>
>	It is ironic that all these are happening while Apple is shouting
>the slogan of "Apple II forever!"

	Or is it?

	Also someone else mentioned something derogatory about Apple only
focusing the Apple // on the education market...Sure, if that is the only
place they are focusing it, that's bad...But there's nothing wrong
with them putting Apple //s into schools, either business-wise or
for their usefulness.

	That's how I got into Apples...After using a Commodore PET computer
a little bit in the 6th grade (I'm a college sophmore now), I took computer
classes in junior high and it was all on Apples...I learned all about 
Apples and such BECAUSE APPLE WAS SO INTELLIGENT by giving massive discounts
to schools...

	That is, little Joey uses an Apple at school and when he wants
a computer at home, he wants an Apple!

				-tuu