Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <MPG.ce2ce72caf5cf569896c5@news.ponyexpress.net>,
Edward Franks <xyzzy@ponyexpress.net> wrote:
>	How many of the 'sold' copies of AppleWorks came bundled with a 
>computer?  (Microsoft, among others, uses this trick to inflate their 
>figures.)

   As far as I know, *ZERO*. Apple IIs were bundled with the OS, some
form of tour or mini demo, and sometimes a disk of other minor little
games. No application software was part of any deals officially made.
[We're not counting OS 'sales' since that was pretty much given away
by Apple.]

>	Apple management was trying to bury the Apple II ever since the 
>Apple ///.  The Mac was a continuation of an already existing trend.

   I've pointed this out several times already; it still makes almost
no sense to shoot yourself in the foot as bad and as often as Apple
did.

Nathan Mates
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