Re: Apple II Programmers Need Love (and money,) Too!

[quantum_cat@my-deja.com]

In article <37AA46D2.81C9CCCD@swbell.net>,
  rubywand@swbell.net wrote:
> SirThomas writes ...
> >
> > >From: CUTblakeney@home.com  (Jeff Blakeney)
> > >>Too all of you who want to make a living off the GS, GET A LIFE! GET A
> > >>'REAL' JOB!!! THIS IS A DEAD PLATFORM!!!
> > >By the way, I have a real job.  I'm a freelance programmer.  I just
> > >happen to also want to help keep the Apple II alive by continuing to
> > >write programs for it.  If I make a few bucks because of it, great.
> > >It will help me to get to KansasFest next year.  :)
> >
> > You, and all the rest of the A2 programmers, should be commended for your
> > efforts.  Financial rewards should also be reaped if the program is of merit.
> > And that's what being in business is all about!  Making a product and hoping
> > someone, anyone will buy it!
> >
> > And making A2 products has _got_ to be a labor of love because there just
> > isn't any money in it anymore.  And, I'm sure they've all got "real jobs."
>
>      Well, it is certainly safer to have some other source of income. (Seems
> like I got one shareware fee last year. Felt like celebrating!)
>

Let me guess. You gave yourself a blow job?

>      As for the Apple II being a "dead platform"? That is not true. We are
> surely not the dominant platform-- that ended in the mid 1980's-- but, we do

No Shit Sherlock (or does Apple have a copyright on that?  Ah.  I'll
follow Rosy's lead and ignore it.)

> have many thousands of users. In fact, the base of users is growing.
>
>      What has happened is that computer use has entered a new phase. It is
> maturing. Practically everyone uses a PC of some kind just to get onto the net.
> At the same time, PC users have become aware that much of the old software is
> worthwhile and that it is very nice to be able to run it on the original
> machine.
>

Whoa! You are inspired!  You speak the truth!  Yet you are full of shit!
What a conumdrum.

>      It has, so to speak, become 'stylish' to enjoy older software and 'okay' to
> run software someplace besides your hot new PC-- i.e. on the machine for which
> it was created. Hence, you have the rise of "Retro Computing".
>

But of course, you better put a copyright on this niftly little article
before it get's "exclusivly" borrowed, eh?  Retro Computing. That is
Cute.  ;)

>      In more general terms, computer users are embracing the notion that it
> makes sense to use 'the best machine for the job'. More and more users are
> discovering that this means powering up an Apple II or IIgs.
>

Uh.  Probably Bernie instead.

>      Then, once you have your Apple up and running, you find that new II/IIgs
> software is being created and old software is being enhanced. There is not just
> "old stuff" out there.
>

Heh.... I guess it could be considered enhanced if it's been sector
edited by butt fucking morons.  Or then again, not...

>      Could a programmer make a living doing just II/IIgs software? I suspect
> that, if your stuff is good and you are willing to put some work into marketing
> it, the answer is Yes. Would this be easier if we had an enhanced GS platform

And you didn't have this parasitic horde of Turlettes ready to copy your
web sites to their own little pirate site.  Thanks for the news there,
Dave Tribby.  Turdley eats shit in large piles.

> which could, say, offer better speed, more memory, and XGA graphics? Definitely.
> But, that's another project.
>

Can we hope you'll go for a brain transplant for your next project,
RosyWanker?

> Rubywand
>

Bye!


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