Re: Reply from Woz

["Flag4" <flag4@bellatlantic.net>]

>
>      You are, very likely, on-target with your suggestion. That is, given
a new,
> high-performance Apple II and the opportunity to regain control of their
computers, a
> lot of users would dump PC.
>
>      The 'catch', for Apple, is that the same applies to Mac. A hot new
Apple II
> would wipe Mac from the personal computing landscape.
>
>      As long as Apple can hold on to some marginal share of the market--
even if
> there is no hope of having any real say about the dominant OS (or much of
anything
> else)-- there is little chance that current Apple leadership will go
anywhere near
> the II series.
>
>
>
> Rubywand

    Hello Rubywand,
        As usual, your insights are right on.  The "hacker" spirit which was
responsible for the success of the original Apple 1 and ] [, has long been
shunned by Corporate Apple, almost from the beginning.
        Maybe us "vintage freaks" can only dream of an Apple II-k, (my idea
for the name of the new machine !), but it is nice to know that Woz agrees
with us.  Hopefully with a perpetuation of discussions like this . . may
lead to a ground-swell of support . . which may lead to . . who knows?