Re: II Alive

[sbehrens@contech.demon.co.uk (Soenke Behrens)]

Raymond,

raymac@crl.com (Raymond D. McAnally) wrote on 27 May 1995 01:06:53
-0700:

>Time to let it go folks. The Apple // in all it's various incarnations 
>has been a great machine and a true work horse. I still have my //e and 
>GS, but I also have a Macintosh and a 486 clone. I've been around long 
[...]
>The apple // proved itself to be the best computer _AT THE TIME_. That 
>time has passed. I don't advocate that everyone toss their Apples in 
>favor of another platform. If the machine performs well in the 
>applications you need, then that is the right machine for you. But many 
>users need more power. Other platforms supply that which the // cannot. 
>so keep using the machine, but don't expect the market to last forever, 
>and don't rag on someone because he can't make a living trying to support 
>it either. There are in excess of 5 million //s out there. As they hit 
>the used market, think of them as spare parts for yours. Don't lament the 
>passing of the //, congratulations are in order for the longest running 
>line of computers ever produced. 

Well, yes, all true, but: That is exactly the attitude of most IIgs
users I know. Noone expects the market to exist forever, and noone
blames companies for trying to survive, and most have a "real"
computer as well, anyhow (PPC or Linux box or whatever). Don't think
it's otherwise because of a few kids posting to csa2 ;-).

Soenke
--
Short but witty