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From: nicholaA@batman.moravian.EDU (Andy Nicholas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: ROM 04 GS
Message-ID: <976@batman.moravian.EDU>
Date: 9 Feb 90 16:22:46 GMT
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Organization: Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
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In article <10073.net.apple@pro-lep>, orcus@pro-lep.cts.com (Brian Greenstone) writes:

> So what if the II is 25% of Apple profits or whatever.  Look at the REALITY. 
> How many publishers are still doing IIgs products?  Almost none.

This is debatable but probably more true than most realize.

> The only
> ones doing it are small companies who learned, and are not going to do IIgs
> stuff again.  Ive spoken with them all, and none of the publishers will even
> return your messages if you say IIgs.

This is also very true, but then again maybe you weren't talking to the right
companies or...

> Apple doesnt care.  They're letting the IIgs die by not supporting it.

As far as software and hardware goes, they >are< supporting it.  If they
weren't supporting it, we wouldn't get technotes every other month, and wouldn't
be able to at least send questions to a group of people that care to answer.

> ROM 03 was a total joke.

No it wasn't.  ROM 03 was designed to make the IIGS an up-to-date machine. It
accomplishes that very well.  We needed more memory and we got it.  We needed
a lot of the system code put into rom.  we got that, too.  They fixed the GS
so that it was the machine that should have originally shipped.  They finally,
after 2-3 years showed a renewed committment to the IIGS.

> GS/OS is a travesty.

How so?  The design of GS/OS is one of the better easy-to-program OS's I've
used.  It can't compare with stuff like unix, but it wasn't MEANT to be
compared with unix. 

Please elaborate a little more.

> Need I say more?

Yes, please do.  Your ravings are somewhat amusing.

> -Brian

andy

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