Re: trading policy for IIe

[Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.invalid.za>]

On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:56:51 -0700, Paul Grammens wrote:

>
> "Jeff Blakeney" <CUTjblakeney@sympatico.ca> wrote
>>
>> The problem with this is, if you are giving away copies of Wizardry,
>> why would anyone pay for Silvern Castle?  This is just an example, as
>> Silvern Castle is now freeware because Jeff Fink got so few people to
>> actually pay the shareware fee but it does illustrate my point.
>>
>
> Jeff, you just don't get it. I can get Apple II software by the
> wheelbarrow-load from the Salvation Army, for a song. More games than I
> could play in a lifetime.  Utils and apps that major companies produced.
> This is great. I'm a collector, I don't want new stuff, I want classic
> stuff. The hardware is moribund.
It's never going to play MP3's, let alone rip them.
It's never going to run a CD burner.
I'm never going to hook up a digital camera and download, edit, and print
	color pictures.

Please don't give David Wilson and a couple of the other hardware building 
nutters ideas:) Witness the IDE and network cards.


  But hey, I've
> got an old 700 mhz Athlon to do that.  I don't care about new apps any more
> than I care about 32 bit Apple II's.
> There is very little money to be made selling anything for the Apple II.
> Get over it. That phase is gone forever. It's ridiculous to make Tom a
> scapegoat for that.
>
>> Just in case my point isn't clear enough, here's another example:  Why
>> would anyone buy a new word processor, database or spreadsheet program
>> if they can simply download AppleWorks or any of a huge pile of other
>> programs that do the same thing?
>
> The basic hardware hasn't changed in 10 years. Very few people, and surely
> zero new users, are using Apple II's for word processing.  I have
> AppleWorks GS, which came on a IIgs I bought. I looked at it, fooled around
> with it a bit. Am I going to type up my resume and print it on an
> Imagewriter II? Um... no.  I'm sure some people are going to say they
> would. But they already have AppleWorks, and I doubt they are in the market
> for a new word processor. That's the reality, and it makes perfect sense
> (heh heh... can you imagine submitting a resume online... in AppleWorks
> format?).
>
>
>  Because people are gaining access to
>> illegal copies of older software, there is no need for them to seek
>> out legal software, request certain types of software be developed or
>> purchase any new software that might exist.
>>
>> And people wonder why Apple II software development has slowed down so
>> much.  :-)
>>
>
> Without hardware improvements, there is little need for new software.
> That's the reality. It has nothing to do with Tom.
> -Paul

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