Re: PLEASE STOP THE MAC AND MICROSOFT MESSAGES

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <6k7loj$oco$1@opal.southwind.net>,
Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:
>Saying they abandoned Apple IIs is a matter of opinion though. 

   It's a fact that Apple no longer produces or sells Apple IIs due to
a conscious management decision-- close enough to abandonment in my
book. And as to their ftp site still holding certain Apple II files,
that's probably more due to inertia: proper servers don't lose files
unless explicitly deleted. Thus, it is taking zero extra effort to
"support" a few files on a ftp site, and certainly not evidence of
conscious support.

>I'll overlook your Nathanesque use of the pronoun we. Here's a thought:
>AE, AST, Chinook, Checkmate, and many other companies once made Apple II
>products but no longer do. Is discussing them in the scope of this group?

   A good general rule of thumb is: "are you talking about something
that involves an Apple II?" Yes: appropriate here. No: take it
elsewhere.  To fit your question above, Broderbund wrote Apple II
software at the time, so their Apple II versions of Prince of Persia
is on topic. No version of Myst runs on an Apple II, so it is not
appropriate on csa2, even though it is published by Broderbund. 

   Same for titles by EA, Activision, New World Computing, Accolade,
MS, AE, AST, anything else. All their latest stuff doesn't involve
Apple IIs in the least, so they get discussed elsewhere as is how it
should be. People can understand that concept, and behave-- it's only
a few Mac types that are having problems.

   Macintosh-ONLY questions are not appropriate here, and what myself,
Mitch, and many others have been trying to get across to you. Please
learn that, and learn to post when and where it's appropriate.

Nathan Mates
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