Re: WHO killed the Apple II???

[mystix@direct.ca (Herbert Fung)]

In <7okk57$1v2$1@fir.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, "Eric Heim" <chippys@earthlink.net> writes:

>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).

Well even after the eventual removal from the price lists didn't stop people
from writing software from it. It probably drove the final nail in the commercial
software area, but for those who wrote because of their passion and love
for the platform were driven away by piracy.

>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.

Well we have varying opinions on this. I agree that Apple killed the commercial
market for the Apple II series.

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