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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple VS IBM
Message-ID: <25313@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 4 Feb 89 23:26:34 GMT
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In article <593NETOPRHM@NCSUVM> NETOPRHM@NCSUVM.BITNET (Hal Meeks) writes:
>I've philosophically "abandoned" Apple for precisely the reasons stated
>earlier. From revolution to evolution.
>
>But it's not all over. There will be another company down the line that
>will produce something as astonding as that first encounter with a 128k
>mac was for me. I'm placing my bets currently with Commodore's Amiga,
>but not too heavily. Commodore has a lot of maturing to do first, as
>they move from selling a hobbyist product to a machine that can be
>legitimately called a "serious competitor".
>
>And the stakes will be raised once again, unless lawyers get a piece of
>the action.

But where is the "revolution" here? The Amiga has been out for several years
now, and was created based on a lot of the same concepts that the Macintosh
and IIgs are. And now you are waiting for them to "mature". This sounds more
like "evolution" to me. Isn't that your reason for abandoning Apple?

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