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From: krazy@claris.com (Jeff Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: MacWeek pans the Apple II
Message-ID: <9106@claris.com>
Date: 20 Mar 89 06:16:56 GMT
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Organization: Claris Corporation, Mountain View CA
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Ok folks, I goofed.

In my last post to Jeremy, I said something like "Read next week's MacWeek.
You're nightmare may be coming true."  This has been misinterpreted as
"MacWeek's gonna announce that Apple trashed the IIgs."

This is NOT the rumor I heard.

The rumor was that MacWeek is going to publish an article/editorial/story
on the obsolescence of the Apple II.  This would mean, naturaly, that at
least one indicator of the Mac community thinks the II >should< be killed
off.

If this story appears, I imagine it will point to faults in the GS (hardware,
and software), the state of Apple II development (Remember now, if it doesn't
do the desktop boogie, it isn't real software), and maybe even Claris's lack
of an active development effort.  In other words, "The Apple II doesn't stand
up to the Mac, and it doesn't appear to be gaining any ground.  Why bother?"

AGAIN, THIS IS RUMOR!!  When Tuesday rolls around, I'll post whether or not
the rumor was correct, and if so, what the article says.

I apologize for any confusion I might have caused.
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