Re: Can't say I'm happy about -this-...

[Jerry Kindall <kindall@mail.manual.com>]

In article <37BAD348.CB78460F@swbell.net>, rubywand@swbell.net wrote:

> Forrest writes ...
> > 
> > http://www.mackido.com/Opinion/WhyKillProducts.html
> 
> Well, after all, it _is_ a Mac 'zine. The writers there aren't going 
> to say "Apple really screwed up when it dropped the II series and 
> went with Mac" (but, we will).

Apple's real mistake was coming out with the IIGS, instead of coming out 
with an inexpensive color Mac that could run Apple II software.

The IIGS is a great computer, but it was _not_ the direction Apple was 
going at the time.  The IIGS was a corporate misfit that never got the 
resources it needed, and therefore suffered from neglect until it was 
finally killed off.  I'd rather have seen no IIGS at all than this kind 
of ignoble end.

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