Re: Apple does it again

[guenter@student.uni-kl.de (Marvin)]

Cyrus Roton (croton@ridgecrest.ca.us) wrote:

: Come on, folks. This is not a Mac newsgroup. How about dropping this 
: thread? Anyway, what do you expect. Does the fact that Ford no longer 
: supports the Model-T mean that one should never buy another car?

No. With two exceptions: 1) You LIKE the old car becauce it is far
better and more reliable than today's Harakiri XL. 2) The car
manufacturer has announced that he would support the product line
"forever", only to revert when he sees that he can earn much more $
with short-lived products.

: The fact is that no other computer company has been as supportive of 
: users as Apple has been (and still is). Apple II systems are still 
: available for download, and nearly all user groups are authorized to 
                ^^^^^^^^^

Yes, in .hqx format! This is only one more attempt to usher the
stubborn customers to the Mac side. Same for GUS, the csa2  and
#appleiigs wars and this very boring thread... :-P

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`The reason we don't sell billions and             __
billions of Guides,' continued Harl,      |\/| /\ |__||  | | |\  |
after wiping his mouth, `is the expense.  |  ||__||\  |  | | | \ |
What we do is we sell one Guide billions  |  ||  || \  \/  | |  \|
and billions of times. And we don't sell
to penniless hitch hikers. What a
stupid notion that was!'

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