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Subject: Re: r ewing and the TRUTH
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Date: 23 Mar 89 04:09:00 GMT
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The whole situation regarding the Apple II inside Apple is not as cut
and dry as I would like to make it out as.  I still get resistance from
some people in the company (including my own manager) regarding the
Apple II's future.  I'm just glad that when everything finally boils
down and all the religious chatter is stripped away, the true fact of
the matter is that Apple Computer cannot afford to be without the Apple II.
In the state of Georgia for our public school system, the //e still
outsells the IIgs 2 to 1.  Many of you hear that some ofthe k-12 market
is being switched over to the Mac, and some of this is true. The reason
for this is not because of a desire for the company's Mac factions
to barge into this market, but many school systems are beginning to
examine cheap IBM clones, and their MIS managers are only interested
in looking at raw processing power.  In this case, the Mac is our
only defense.  Who's fault is this?  Ours,of course, for failing to
produce faster IIgses quickly enough, but this is the real world.
My hope is that we can come up with long term solution, whether they
buy Macs or Apple IIs, that the customer gets a useful product they
can use for years. And both product lines should compliment each
other, not gut each other's business.  Still, if you as a user want
to see the Apple II series further promoted, provide useful
constructive criticism instead of outright flames.  You'll be
more received by people who make a difference if you do, and you'll
come across as a responsible concerned user rather than a lunatic fringe
that continues to dwell on past laurels.

--Rick Ewing
  Apple Atlanta