Re: What's to become of the Apple II?

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

Charles T. Turley (cturley@wco.com) wrote:
: According to the most current information I've obtained a new clone of 
: the Apple IIe should be available for sales to the public from a third 
: party around March, 1997, at a price of around $150.00!

Yes, but if they are going to license the IIgs architecture which is
the future of the Apple II, I would be VERY surprised!

John Santoro's best quotes from the "Operation Apple-Worm":

...

Santoro: We're not coming out with a new Apple ][ cpu.
{Being evasive here and dodging the question!}

Moore: That doesn't relate to new Apple ][ users, but is there a specific
reason that Apple has for not releasing a new ][ cpu?

Santoro:  We just can't rationalize it. This is a business decision that was
reached at a corporate level far above our heads here! It's been termed as a
high risk. Another Apple ][ would send a wrong message to consumers.  We don't
want them to think that we have two platforms and it's obvious that Apple
supports the Macintosh. {Another of those critical statements!}

...

Moore: There is one question that I have. If Apple isn't going to market or
promote the Apple ][, why can't it be opted out to a third party developer or
inagurated into an affiliate company ala Claris?

Santoro: That's a point well taken. This has already been proposed to Scully
himself and the answer was that we don't want to let the Apple logo out of the
company!

...

Santoro: In closing, the demand is so low right now for the ][gs, that it's
going to be dropped from the price list very soon. The ][e is fine and will be
continued.

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