Re: AOL for Apple II

[Ron Hall <crimson@execpc.com>]

On 24 Jul 1999, Supertimer wrote:
> Well, GeoWorks AOL on the PC can't do web browsing either and
> yet AOL still lets those users sign on.  On the IIGS, they could
> expand it to use TCP/IP via Marinetti and run a web browser like
> SIS.
> 
> You can still actually log on with a IIGS or a IIe.  The catch is you
> need to run the GeoWorks version of AOL via the PC Transporter
> IBM XT emulator.
> 
> 

Really, whats the point of AOL spending money on developing software for a
platform that at best may provide them with a few thousand users?  Between
Mac and PC they have like 10 million users don't they? Even if there were
10,000 Apple II customers who would sign up, I don't see much advantage in
them spending money on developing new software.. If you owned a business,
and you could get a 1/10th of 1 percent increase in users, but it would
cost you a considerable amount of money to do it, would you?  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..

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Ronald Hall
crimson@execpc.com