Re: AOL for Apple II

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

In article <19990729034926.13054.00003130@ng-ck1.aol.com> , 
supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

> Ron Hall <crimson@execpc.com> wrote:
>
>>On 24 Jul 1999, Supertimer wrote:
>>
>>I am not making excuses for AOL, but if I owned it I certainly would not be
>>developing for A2 users.. I may let them still sign on in an extremely
>>limited fashion, but I would not be developing new software.
>
> You wouldn't have the develop new software.  The question is why did
> they continue to let GeoWorks users sign on but not A2 users given
> the fact that both AOL softwares were similarly feature sets?

IIRC, and my memory is not so good anymore, the upgrade to AOL software was
completed and AOL told the programmer (Andy somebody-or-other comes to mind
but I don't remember who, exactly) "thanks but we won't be needing it". This
was announced on GEnie and had caused quite a stir because Steve Case had
jumped ships.

--
---
Eric  <chippys@earthlink.net>
      <habanero@delphi.com>