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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: contacts in Norman, OK
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Date: 8 Mar 90 19:20:42 GMT
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In article <1990Mar6.121631.2034@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu> toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>
>Matt, you guys don't realize what we put up with... For instance, what would
>you do if the computer you bought:
>
>	1. Was developed at a snail's pace for years, falling far behind the
>competition in price, performance, and software support while its own company
>sent myriad signals that it was to be dropped for its other product line in
>spite of all common sense about the relative market opportunities of the two

>[MAJOR editing here]

>Todd Whitesel
>toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu

Todd, what would you do if you were working 60+ hour weeks developing new
products for the Apple II just to read on newsgroups like this one that
you and your coworkers are "developing at a snail's pace"?

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