Let's call a truce (was Re: Joe Kohn to moderate csa2)

[jlee@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU ("Joseph T. Lee")]

In article <1993Apr20.125607.25742@cas.org> Larry W. Virden writes:
>In article <1993Apr20.111647.13978@ifi.unizh.ch> gudat@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (gudat henrik) writes:
>:

>:: 	Folks, pause for a moment and imagine: what if Jawaid, Bill, Henrik,
>:: Mike, Matt and all the Apple II gurus work together?  We could have the
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>:Imagine all would work together. We would have one spreadsheet, one
>:sequencer, one paint program etc. NO competition. The end-user can

>Hmm.  What I see now is NO supported spreadsheets, a few incompatible
>sequencers, one shareware paint program that is easily available (cheap
>paint) and one or two commercial ones who I never hear about because
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>vendor supporting user interfaces, etc.  In other words, there are NEVER
>GOING TO BE MANY companies supporting the same product.  If we can get
>even ONE program supported - even in free/shareware domain - we
>are going to be lucky.  So instead of reliving the old days when
>there were lots of folks interested in the 1-5 million Apple II owners,
>let's just worry about getting ONE version of the various software
>packages supported.  THEN, after we have one of all that folk need
>being supported, let the 'kids' come along and do it better...

That's the way to go. It's getting too tight for us to go on bickering and
arguing about competition or not.  The plain simple truth is that the Apple II
can't take it right now.  Dividing our strengths of genius level people into
different companies that can't agree anything accomplishes nothing.

Let's call a truce for now and get something on the Apple II that will put
it back on the map and stay there. Then we can go our separate ways, if we
want. We need new applications as AppleWorks GS got frozen by Claris. Why
don't we get more people to work on GraphicWriter.  We need a Word imitation
or something better. Excel would be good too.

Come on, call the truce and get together to create the rocket that will take
us to the moon and mars and on.

The clock is ticking and unless the foundation is strengthen and reinforced,
the temple of the Apple II will crumble into ruins of dust and memories.

>:s Larry W. Virden                 INET: lvirden@cas.org
>:s Personal: 674 Falls Place,   Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1614

Joseph
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