Re: ------- Welcome to Macintosh --------

[glynnet@zero.cypher.com (Glynne Tolar)]

In article <C80Ays.4qF@news.cso.uiuc.edu> bazyar@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
>glynnet@zero.cypher.com (Glynne Tolar) writes:
>
>>In article <1993May30.222303.24431@gallant.apple.com> Jim Murphy <murph@apple.com> writes:
>[..]
>>>(BTW, this was posted from my Macintosh. :-)
>
>>Natually, Apple makes everyone get/buy info the Mac.
>
>  Huh? What? (Sorry Jim, couldn't resist :)
>
>>What offers Apple bribes the sales people at dealer level are down right
>>lleagel, or ought to be.  No wounder they never thought to sell anyone a II.
>><sheesh!>
>
>  Glynn, I think you're suffering from a bit of delusion.  Dealers 
>realized that they could make a larger profit, or a larger number of
>smaller profits, selling Mac and PC equipment.  Apple is shunning their
>dealers with Apple's direct sales and Performa line distribution
>in consumer electronics places.  
>  Stating that Apple is engaged in a conspiracy dedicated to eliminating
>the Apple II is simplistic, to be polite.  The Apple II group
>develops the system software on Macs.  Macs are faster, and have
>generally better tools for software development.  Macs are also 
>neat computers, and if you've got the money to buy one, they're
>not bad.  
>
>  Unless Apple II users get away from this "Mac is the Enemy" nonsense,
>we're surely dead.  See, "Mac is our Friend".  Almost all Apple II
>improvements in the past three years can be directly attributed to the
>Macintosh; Mac peripherals that work on the IIGS, Mac software
>technologies (TrueType for instance), etc.  The Apple II may be
>Apple's bastard child, but because of solid design the Apple II
>will continue at least as long as the Mac, even if Apple II hardware
>development is reduced to writing drivers for Mac devices.
>

I sure hope you get a job at Apple or all that kissing up is for not.

I would have prefered for Apple to have not made the GS and had been honest with
II users.  "We want to to buy Macs"  Rather then trying to convence us Macs are
THE machines to have.  Frankly, if I wanted a Mac I would have bought one.  But
for me and my useage they are useless to me.

<sigh>  One day I'll just have to buy a PC clone.  When my GS dies and there
is no way to fix it OR the GS just does not do what I need.  Right now it
suits me fine. 

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