Re: WHO killed the Apple II???

["Eric Heim" <chippys@earthlink.net>]

In article <fTYq3.248$FN4.49394@newsgate.direct.ca> , mystix@direct.ca 
(Herbert Fung) wrote:

>>Nobody has been pirated more than Microsoft. Piracy killed very little, and
>>certainly didn't kill any hardware. Let's not forget people, Apple is a
>>hardware company.  :o)
>
> Well I can't argue about Microsoft much. They are an entrenched facet of
> computing in most peoples lives. However the GS was a very niche market
> and piracy has for a fact driven away software developers, and I'm not
> neccessarily speaking of commercial developers, but shareware authors
> as well.

Sure, but that was after Apple had already killed the II (just because they
had them on their price list in the '90's doesn't mean they were'nt already
DEAD BEEF at the company).

Really, I don't disagree with anyone who is against piracy, after all, it is
theft and I am against theft and for the record I am against piracy. But I
have been hearing that piracy killed the Apple II for almost 10 years now
and I disagree. Apple killed that Apple II.
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Eric  <chippys@earthlink.net>
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