Re: AWGS problems...

[oaaland@aol.com (O Aaland)]

Randy Shackelford writes:
>
>It's my understanding that Apple gave up ownership of the Apple II flavor
>or Appleworks when Quality et al bought it. They even recycled the name
>and use it for the former Clarisworks. So pestering Jobs about it wouldn't
>accomplish anything. As if pestering him about Apple IIs at all would do
>any good. People with 68K Macs get just a hair more support these days than
>Apple II users.

Actually I believe that Quality only had a licence from Apple to upgrade and 
sell the AppleWorks and AppleWorks GS programs. That license expired last
summer so Apple now has the exclusive rights again. Since they never gave 
up rights to the AppleWorks name they were free to use it as they want. That
may be the biggest problem with getting Apple to release the Apple II software
as system software. It never hurts to ask though. Maybe if enough of us do it
we may even get it accomplished.