Re: Apple ][ forever!

["matthew p. conte" <spam@somebody.else>]

Rubywand wrote:
>> question:  do you think that more than half of all the ppl
>>         using Apple2 software today are running them on emulators?

>
>     No. While emulators are a nice addition to the Apple II 'family',
>most people interested in Apple II software are likely to have an Apple
>II computer and prefer to use it for running A2 wares. Of course, it
>would not be easy to know for sure.


I doubt that is the case.  I'd bet my nuggets on the emulator users- there
are more (mainstream) television, newspaper, and magazine articles devoted
to emulation than there are devoted to the Apple II, and the digital retro
movement seems to be in full swing.

[...]
>Mainly, it is user readiness to pay for more and better computer
>entertainment which fuels continuous rapid hardware upgrades.

That's a bold, and most definitely inaccurate statement.  It's more likely
to be the case that it's user willingness to accept the fact that operating
systems, business applications, etc. are by their very nature huge, slow,
buggy, and prone to crash.  Lazy programmers- I see them developing every
day at my school...  "Why optimize my code if you can just buy a faster
computer?"

Matt.