Re: Future of the II line (???)

[bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar)]

bjbernstein@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes:

>> they often wonder if the II is on the way out... Why? With little spent on
>> R&D, yet a relative *LOT* happening,

>  Such as?

  GNO, Switch-It!, Pointless, AutoArc and HardPressed, the Apple EtherNet card,
a new high-performance stereo digitizing card, IDE hard drives & controllers,
the best non-UNIX OS on the market... I could go on, but I think you get the
point.

>> and with hardware that is "settled"

>  Actually, I remember my Apple ///'s chips playing musical chairs..

  Actually, I remember buying my Apple IIgs in 1987.  That makes 5 years now,
and not one repair has ever been done to this IIgs (Woz edition).  
We're talking about the Apple II, not the Apple III.

>> and isn't subject to 2000 clones messing up protocal, I highly doubt that
>> Apple would give up the II line.

>  Too late.. they already did. Blame it on that Pepsi dude..

  The Pepsi dude is on his way out.  Rumor has it he will either 1) be
on Clinton's administration, or 2) leaving anyway after about 2 years.

>>> If Apple does kill the II line, how will the licensing of software go?
>>> will Apple be selling the II line to an outside company? a Spinoff? How
>>> does this go? If Apple will be giving the II the ax, what can we do?

>  They did.. about 2-3 years ago. 

  Hardly.
-- 
 Jawaid Bazyar              |   Ask me about the GNO Multitasking Environment
 Procyon, Inc.              |   for the Apple IIgs!   
 bazyar@cs.uiuc.edu         |   P.O Box 620334
 --Apple II Forever!--      |   Littleton, CO 80162-0334   (303) 933-4649