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From: V131Q5CG@UBVMSC.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (John Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Apple ][-demise-paranoia
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Date: 15 Mar 89 17:07:00 GMT
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>Date: Mon, 13 Mar 89 08:05:47 GMT
>From: The Unknown User <agate!saturn!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!unknown@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU>
>Subject: InCider buyout of A+/Death of Apple II
 
>	This is from Denise Caruso's weekly column INSIDE SILICON VALLEY on
>the TECHNOLOGY page of the business section of today's (Sunday March 12)
>San Francisco Examiner/Chronicle  {heck, I wanted to give credit where it's
>due}:
	
	Who is Denise Caruso? And why should I believe what this "article" 
says is true?

>	PLUS NO MORE:  In case anyone needed proof that the Apple II's
>days are numbered, A-Plus, the award-winning ZIFF-DAVIS publication that
>covered the Apple II market for the last six years, has been sold to IDG in
[...]
>But word is that Apple II won't make it until Christmas, despite annual
>sales of $6 million to $7 million. Insiders say Apple's internal disdain for
>the product makes software vendors leery of developing for it.  Voila! a
>self-fulfilling prophecy.
>	END OF QUOTATION

	Next time you see an Apple rep., stop and talk to them about this 
so-called "death of the Apple ][" (I did last week). This line of machines 
is Apple's bread and butter; there's no reason to cancel production in the 
forseeable future. The corporate heads would have to be spectacularly obtuse 
to take such an action, considering that they're making LOTS of money here.
 
>	Also I don't understand the logic of Apple taking out FULL PAGE
>ads in many newspapers last year looking for engineers to work on the
>NEXT GENERATION of Apple //s if they are really going to dump it.

	Exactly. I wish this "next generation" would be 32-bit (RISC?) with 
*software* that allows ][-emulation, not hardware. Of course, that certainly 
would blur the line that seperates ]['s and MAC's.

	Think positive...

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