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From: north@Apple.COM (Donald N. North)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple Press Release
Summary: THIS IS A JOKE - IGNORE IT!
Message-ID: <39442@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Mar 90 06:09:23 GMT
References: <1440@mountn.dec.com>
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
Lines: 44

I saw this go by last night; it's just someone's idea of a joke (IMHO).  The
Apple P.R. people at least know how to spell Sculley's name correctly.

In article <1440@mountn.dec.com> shatara@memit.enet.dec.com (Chris Shatara) writes:
{Have any of you seen or heard about the following press release?
{From: fadden@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Andy McFadden)
{Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.apple2
{Subject: Apple to drop low-end Macintosh line
{Date: 12 Mar 90 01:14:55 GMT
{Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU
{Organization: University of California, Berkeley
{
{Cupertino, CA
{
{     In a surprise move today, John Sculy announced that the low-end
{Macintosh systems would no longer be produced.
{
{     "They're just too dang soft," said Sculy at a news conference this
{morning.  "Their place in the market is slipping, primarily because they
{just don't hold up over the long run."
{
{     Another factor was worms, according to top management at Apples, Inc.
{One source, who asked not to be named, said, "It's too expensive these days
{to guard against worms and other infestations.  It can ruin a whole system,
{and businesses just can't afford that."
{
{     In addition to pushing their higher-end products, Sculy said that
{they would place more emphasis on their GS line.
{
{     "We don't think enough has been done for our greener, sweeter series
{of Apples.  They have the capabilities desirable in both business markets
{and K-12 educational cafeterias."
{
{     The changeover is expected to take place at the end of this year's
{harvest, Sculy said.
{
{fadden@cory.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
{...!ucbvax!cory!fadden
{"How's THAT for a rumor, MacWeak?"
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