Happy New Year!

[joko@crl.crl.com (Joe Kohn)]

Looking back over the past year, it's almost hard to believe how great 1998
turned out for Apple II users. It really is ;-)
 
As the year began, who could have imagined all the great software that would
be released during the year? We got Wolf 3-D, Marinetti 2.0, GShisen,
WebWorks GS, NiftySpell, Disk Access II, ShiftyList 2.x, Spectrum 2.2,
updates to COG, a GWIII update, a new CD-ROM collection (TABBS), an almost
completed Bernie, Babelfish, Return of Cogito, GSoft BASIC, FontPimp, and in
just the past week or so, a Marinetti-aware chat program and ftp.
 
In 1998, we even got to do what those who use Macs and PCs can't...we could
attend the only regularly scheduled weekly multi-system chat.
 
All in all, I'd say that 1998 has been a great year to be an Apple II user!
 
On that note, I'd like to wish everyone a very healthy and happy New Year,
and let's hope that 1999 is as exciting a year for the Apple II as 1998 was.
 
I'd really like to take this opportunity to thank the following people for
their friendship and, more importantly, for their contributions to the Apple
II world in the past year: Eric Shepherd, Ewen Wannop, Richard Bennett,
Kelvin Sherlock, Dave and Earl at Seven Hills Software, FE Systems (with
extra special greetings and well wishes to Henrik and Cody), Chris Vavruska,
Tony Diaz, Cindy Adams and the entire Kfest Coordinating Committee, Max
Jones, Geoff Weiss, Ryan Suenaga, Mike Westerfield, Olivier and Antoine of
Brutal Deluxe, and Syndicomm.
 
You all really did a lot this past year to make our world a better place.
Please, keep up the good work in 1999.
 
I'd also like to issue a very special thanks to all the wonderful
subscribers to Shareware Solutions II. I couldn't have done it without you.
Thank you so much for your support during the past year!
 
Please be extra safe tonight, especially if you're out on the roads. And
have a wonderful start to 1999. Happy New Year! And, Apple II Forever!!
 
Joe Kohn
http://www.crl.com/~joko