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From: jtn@zodiac.ADS.COM (John Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: What do I want to see in the Apple of the 90's?
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Date: 14 Dec 89 17:33:05 GMT
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In article <192@atncpc.UUCP> bruce@atncpc.UUCP (Bruce Henderson) writes:
>Just Give up and buy a NeXT..... Let's face it.... There's no one at Apple
>[in charge] with any vision at all.  All the leadership there is worried
>about 1 thing... the bottom line!  And that is no way to go about "Changing
>the world" or "Giving you the power to Be Your Best" (more like "Giving
>Scully $9,000,000.00 a year plus bonuses") Scully and Gasse' only care about
>1 thing..... how much $$ they can take from you from the latest incantation of
>repackaged MacII hardware/technology.....

>So just abandon the "Old boat Anchor" today and start living the
>future..... I did!!!!!!


I agree with the spirit of the above although it might be a bit on the
inflammatory side.  It's true that Apple charges a LOT of $$$ for
their boxes and provides little in the way of support for the little
guy.

The NeXT computer *is* the future... unfortunately the future doesn't
have the software that I need right now!




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