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From: daveharv@pro-novapple.UUCP (Dave Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple II future
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Date: 28 Mar 89 12:43:54 GMT
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Writes:
REWING%TRINCC.BITNET
>Look folks, I don't know where some of this BS is coming from regarding
>the fictional death of the Apple II family, but its obvious to me that
>many people in this industry, usually writing for trade rags just don't
>know what the hell they are talking about.  Either that, or they would
>like to see the Apple II killed for some other diabolical reason.

>--Rick Ewing
  >Apple Atlanta tech Support
  >...and generally pissed off by all of this>...
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Maybe they've been listening to John Sculley---  
Read on---
One recent event illustrates why many Apple II users don't have too much 
hope for the future of the Apple II.

Recently, the Apple User Group Connection sent out to all user groups 
a paperback entitled "Direction for the Nineties".  The book is a compilation 
of 7 speeches made by John Sculley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 
of Apple Computer, Inc. over a seven month period to a variety of groups 
accross the country.  From the introduction-- "Spanning such issues as 
introoperability, industry alliances, and global economic developents, 
these presentations provide a compelling outline of Apple's technology 
and market direction for the decade to come."

There are probably over 1000 user groups on the Connection's mailing list, 
so it received wide distribution. When we got this book, I thought to 
myself, ah, at last I can get some idea what direction Apple Computer 
is going and what the future holds for us Apple II people across the country. 
 Alas, it looks like Sculley is predicting there'll be no Apple II computer 
in the 90's.  In fact, Apple II is conspicious by it's absense in all 
of his speeches.  Lots of talk about how the Macintosh fits in but no 
mention at all of the Apple II computer in the almost 100 page document. 
 As I was reading the book, I kept seeing paragraph headings (i.e. education 
in the 90's) that would indicate that some aspect of Apple II computing 
would be mentioned, but sadly, there was no reference at all.
This kind of material coming out of Apple doesn't inspire confidence in the
thousands of Apple II users across the country.

Now if the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Apple Computer doesn't 
see the Apple II in his world in the 90's, what chance do the employees 
of Apple have to convince him to change his mind.  Let's hope that those 
forces within Apple Computer that have Sculley's ear can make a good enough 
case to keep the Apple II around for the 90's.
 
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