Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!jm7e+ From: jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Jeremy G. Mereness") Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: AppleSupport(wasre:ughh and the GS Message-ID: Date: 11 Mar 89 06:14:17 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 42 I do not think Jeff Erickson of Claris deserves the treatment he has gotten from this net. I sent him many messages over E-Mail and he has answered my promptly and to the best of his ability. People like him are not the cause of the Apple //'s problems. He is simply a realist who is closer to what Cupertino is really doing to the machine. Jeff seems tired of supporting a machine that its manufacturer's do not support. If it did, it would not leak out to MacWeek that a under $1000 Mac is projected for the K-12 market in 1990 (January issue, front page) and call the machine dead architecture. It is clear from dedicated people like those of Applied Engineering that the // is not a dead machine. Damnit! It's more FUN to work with this machine, and I have worked with virtuall all of them. FACTS: Applied Engineering has proved that the //gs can go MUCH faster. Apple held that the architecture prevented it; that a total rehash of the motherboard was required. Further, Programs like Roger Wagner's SoftSwitch prove that the machine, even without a dedicated OS to perform the task, can simulate multitasking by placing programs in different banks of memory, allowing one to switch between them on the fly. Apple, however, allows this to remain quiet. I feel that if Apple was truly behind the machine, they would support, or even license these products (like they did with Styleware when it announced GS Works). They haven't. The fact is, the Mac works, the //gs does not, and this is Apple's fault. Jeff is simply another programmer fed up with dealing with Apple's nonsupport, and he needs to make a living. But I won't throw out my machine until its all over, and then maybe not. This machine is too much damned fun. I would love to have faith in the parent company, but only the third parties seem to make the machine fly. If I worked at Apple, this would turn my stomach, but I don't, and they have the Mac there to make the // seem insignificant. There. I said it. jeremy mereness jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (arpa) r746jm7e@cmccvb (bitnet)