Re: Apple II Celebration (was: Re: FS: APPLE IIGS)

["Joseph E. Walsh" <ransom@connect.iconnect.net>]

On 18 Apr 1997, Marvin wrote:

> Exactly this is the point! If Apple would have advertised the IIgs, they
> would not have been able to make quick'n'dirty bucks with the cheaper
> and less powerful Mac architecture. So they decided to pull the plug.
> You can read the whole story in my www page.

At your suggestion, I read the transcript of the meeting between BAAUG 
and Apple that is on your web page.  It's not surprising that they chose 
to handle the Apple II as they did.  Most companies are that way.  Too 
short-sighted to avoid shooting themselves in the foot.  [sigh]


> Do you know that there was a IIgs successor which was completed as a
> prototype and never released?! It's similar to these cars which need
> less fuel. Good products are always held back by the companies. :(
> You may ask Joe Kohn joko@crl.com for a magazine or video with info
> about the Rom4 gs. Some years ago, this would have been a SMASH HIT.

Yes, it would have been, with the proper advertising and distribution.  
As would the Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, or any number of other, 
lesser-known computing platforms.  Sadly, those companies also missed the 
boat, for various reasons.  Now we have set-top boxes for "surfing the 
web."  If they'd wanted to, they could have turned their machines into 
the same thing, and done it earlier.  Most importantly, they would have 
been able to say, "Buy our GS Web Browser, and you're not only getting a 
web browser, you're getting a whole computer, with a wide selection of 
software and hardware add-ons available."  More missed opportunities...


> And what have we now? Dull Macs and ugly PC's (Yuck!)
> 
> Another fine example of a death by incapable management...

Welcome to life in a Dilbert comic strip.  :-/


-Joe
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