Re: Idea to save the IIgs

[bguenter@rummelplatz.uni-mannheim.de (Boris Guenter)]

Mike Morton (mdragon@eagle.ptialaska.net) wrote:
: Like someone suggested, why don't we just buy the Apple IIgs?  All of
: the AppleII community pulled together to buy that hard drive for Aimov
: correct? (Asimov or that other place...) Why don't we all just donate
: money and put in a formal request to purchase the IIgs rights from
: Apple?  We could publicise this and also make it clear in the statement
: that we could "Take the burden of supporting a much older computer from
: the arms of Apple into our own, thus helping both of us, and ultimately
: helping the user."  I believe that Apple (With the New and Improved
: Steve Jobs) Would consider this offer as a way to dump a crappy old
: product into some suckers arms 

I give you my best wishes. But I don't know if you can expect so much
help from the same guy who has always promoted the Mac, cheated "our"
Steve and stomped the Apple II cruelly into the ground.
 
The problem with Apple was (and probably is) that they don't wanted
to let the "Apple logo" out of the company, as you can read in the
famous Operation Applestorm transcript/stack on ftp.uni-kl.de
 
They didn't want any competition with their own product, and I doubt
that these opinion has changed much, even today when Apple tries to
regain their footholds with the G3 Macs. I think only a third-party
product like the Avatar (R.I.P.) could have a chance.
 
Of course, I would be pleasantly surprised if my opinions are
completely wrong... ;-)


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billions of Guides,' continued Harl,      |\/| /\ |__||  | | |\  |
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and billions of times. And we don't sell
to penniless hitch hikers. What a
stupid notion that was!'
 
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