Re: Apple II Forum on AOL closing

[schefflr@news.msus.edu (Bill Scheffler)]

DialTone95 (dialtone95@aol.com) wrote:
: Why should AOL support a platform which at best would give them 10,000
: subscribers.. (Give or take 5 or 10 thousand, who cares) when they have
: nearly 5 million members now? 10,000 out of 5,000,000 means about 1/5 of 1
: percent of their customers.. AOL is completely graphical now, and the GS
: and Apple // software does not have the capability to do it.. the Apple //
: couldn't do the graphics needed period, and the Apple //gs would be able
: to crudely do the 256+ color graphics.. so tell me they should do a
: complete rewrite of the software for probably about 25% of their 10,000
: Apple users who own GS's?! Thats rediculous, it makes no sense at all! And
: technologically speaking the GS probably wouldn't be able to do the needed
: graphics without a Second Sight card.. a stock GS doing 640x200 graphics
: or whatever the stock graphics modes are in 16 colors just isn't going to
: work.. so if they made it for Second Sight cards we are probably talking
: about maybe 1,000 people, of which how many would subscribe to AOL? Well,
: there is your reason why the Apple is not supported anymore.  Even users
: who cannot run Windows are being shut off to AOL, and Commedore 64/128
: users lost access same time as the Apple // did.. its not like Apple is
: being percecuted... All Commedore 64/128, 8088, 286, Tandy, etc.. users
: are also being shut out..

: DT

	Which is why, if I ever subscribe to an online service, I'll 
subscribe to Genie, the home for orphaned computers. :)  AOL just gave 
Genie a few thousand more customers that's all.  I wonder how many people 
there are on Genie that use the text interface (Apple II, Commodore, 
8086, ect.).  Anyone got a number?  It'd be nice to know.  Besides, 
there's gotta be a niche market somewhere for all those stubborn people 
who won't upgrade to the PC/Mac of the month. :)

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