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From: prl3546@tahoma.UUCP (Philip R. Lindberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: rom 03 upgrade (or lack thereof)
Message-ID: <944@tahoma.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 90 16:34:21 GMT
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Organization: The Boeing Co., BCA FSL, Seattle, WA
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From article <4822.feeds.info-apple@pro-tcc>, by lvirden@pro-tcc.cts.com (Larry Virden):
> 
> Basically, NOTHING from ROM 03 machine is available in software.
> There are ways to inferiorly simulate a tiny few of the ROM 03 features.
> 
> Larry W. Virden

I think we are missing the point here.  Apple knows what it's plans are for
the future, but wants to keep their options open for as long as possible,
so they try not to let out what future products are comming.  They felt
they needed to do something for the Apple II educational market last fall
or they were going to loose out BIG.  So they came out with ROM 03.  They
however, were working on ROM 04 at the time and didn't provide an upgrade
path to ROM 03 because ROM 04 would be out "soon".  If someone had paid
$200+ for an upgrade to ROM 03 and then six months later had to pay another
$200+ for an upgrade to ROM 04, they would be ticked off.

So, better to put up with complaints for a short time now and have everybody
happy when ROM 04 comes out (WITH an upgrade policy) than to offer it twice
and have them more upset at the second offer.

This makes sense to me. (IMHO)

DISCLAIMER:  I have no direct connection to Apple so the previous is purely
	     conceptual.


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