Re: ANN: Retiring from A2 world - Good Bye All!

["Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@attglobal.net>]

You can make a pretty good case that Steve Jobs began his campaign to kill
off the Apple II in 1979.

I never quite understood why Apple supported and enhanced the IIgs the way
they did. After speaking to many people at KansasFests past, I concluded
that it was driven by a small handful of Apple employees who were genuinely
True Believers and who exulted in leapfrogging the early Mac with new
releases of GSOS. And Apple let them have their way, content to milk this
cash cow as long is it didn't cost them more than the salaries of a
half-dozen Apple II fanatics.

Tom Zuchowski


"Stan Marks" <swmarks@telepak.net> wrote in message
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> I've always suspected that Apple (particularly Steve Jobs) took A2 users
> for granted and expected them to flock to the stores in droves to buy
> the Macintosh when it came out in 1984. They didn't. In fact, I think
> many A2 users were very miffed that Apple didn't make the Mac compatible
> with their existing software and hardware, in which they had made
> substantial investments. Furthermore, I think the A2 fans were used to
> the "open architecture" of the A2, which allowed one to "pop the hood"
> and tinker around inside. Those early Macs practically *required* the
> trouble and expense of a trip back to the dealer just to install extra
> RAM!? ;)
>
> It has always been my impression that the IIgs was offered up to Apple
> II users as a "peace offering", of sorts, for not having made the
> Macintosh compatible with the Apple II platform. Unfortunately, for
> Apple (and us?), it was too little too late.