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From: cs472226@umbc5.umbc.edu (David Wood (CS472226))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Complaining to Apple
Summary: Other things for Apple to think about
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Date: 7 Apr 89 16:01:45 GMT
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In article <890406-112612-5755@Xerox> George_A._Muller.Henr801B@XEROX.COM writes:
>	I have sat here for months reading the mail and trying to understand all
>the pro's and con's of the subject you did such a great job on discribing.
>Your right, the is real power in numbers and we have seen that with coffee.
>sugar. congressial raises and now cable t.v.. But one must be honest and
>forthright, or all the noise you make will be no different then a screaming
>child.  We tend to ignore them unless there is blood.
>
>						George

   While the corporations are considering "What can I do to maximize
income and minimize losses," the consumers are thinking "What can I do
to get a system with maximum support and software availability without
spending a lot of money or supporting companies that have screwed me
over in the past?"
   As a rule, and to support the concept of free trade and consumer
decision making, you should NOT support a company that has given you a
dirty deal in the past. I had a TRS-80 model 1. Radio Shack is a
subsidiary of Tandy. When Radio Hovel decided to abandon the m1 because
of a shielding problem, I vowed never to trust Radio Hovel for anything
more than batteries or speaker wire. Get a Tandy Computer? No way!
   With Apple preparing to give up support or development on the II
line, where will consumers go?
   Macintosh? Have you ever heard the parable of the second son who
laughed and laughed when the eldest was disowned by his wealthy father?
I'm not saying how it ends, but the second son is NOT the one who gets
the last laugh. If Apple drops one computer, it could drop others. I am
NOT prepared to take that kind of risk on a bad track record.
   IBM? A.K.A. Information Brings Money? Their old scheme was to sell an
orchestrated system, let people buy it, then introduce a new
architecture and software completely incompatible with the first. That's
what they tried to do with the PS/2, and failed miserably. No,
abandoning systems is how they got where they are today.
   Amiga? I don't know; the software is fair to high quality, and while
the operating system seems a little kludgey compared to the likes of the
Finder, MultiFinder, or what have you, I'm sure a flood of graphic
environment programmers could brush that up in a hurry. And they still
support the C-64, which does establish the track record.

   For a comparison, the corporation will notice the child when the
child is cheated, tells his friends, and they all bring sticks and
rocks. The corporation will indeed notice the blood-- a green and silver
ichor from the corporation's distended pale underbelly.

                                                 -David Wood
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