Re: A Tale of Two Apples

[Stefan Voss <voss@yoda.in-berlin.de>]

In message <22OCT199701414435@vax2.concordia.ca>
          spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote:

> 
> [...]
> 
>     I hope what I wrote above isn't inflammatory (I just want to share
> my view of things) but I kind of find an irony about you telling me
> there is no point or value in dredging up the past. It seems that from
> what you've stated above you have a misunderstanding of that past and
> a blurred sense about the Apple IIgs. Bringing it up may clear some
> misconceptions. Besides which, I strongly believe what Apple did to
> the Apple II is one of the main reasons the company is now balancing
> on the edge of collapse. They killed a strong and profitable product,
> caused millions of loyal customers to switch sides and made them look
> like they forgot the meaning of the word support (that is still a
> problem today). What Apple did in the past ties into the present.
> Well, with Steve Jobs at the helm again and his wonderful business
> sense (killing the Mac clone market) it'll all be over soon anyway.
> Then we won't have to talk about it anymore as it'll be the past. :-)

I'm sorry for not contributing anything important to this excellent
posting. I just want to say that I agree totally with Mitchell. I'm an
example of a customer who was disgusted with Apple Inc's "marketing
strategy". It was (and it is still) the main reason that I never bought a
Macintosh.

> 
> Mitchell Spector
> spec@vax2.concordia.ca

Regards,
   Stefan
   
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Stefan Voss
(voss@yoda.in-berlin.de)