Re: Apple II seen on PBS

[lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)]

According to Steve W. Jackson <swjackso@sprynet.com>:
:In article <4qhbpe$oq0@srv13s4.cas.org>, lvirden@cas.org wrote:
:
:> According to Ian Schmidt <irsman@subzero.winternet.com>:
:> :The computer industry is in very good shape, or will be once Macintosh, Inc.
:> :finally kicks the bucket.  I mean, for less than most of us paid for a basic
:> :IIgs system 9-10 years ago, you can now have a decently configured Mac, PC,
:> :or low-end workstation with about a zillion times the power and usefulness.
:> :That's Progress with a capital P, and Microsoft has nothing to do with it.
:> 
:> Once Mac 'kicks the bucket' the home computer industry will finally be 
:> resigned to the toilet of MSDOS/Intel - not very good shape at all.
:
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:Whoever thinks "Macintosh, Inc" will kick the bucket any time in the

Note that all I was saying is that when the event occurs, things will
be in the toilet - not that it was going to happen any time soon.  Whether
Apple has the guts to survive is anyone's guess.

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