Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Apple Official Says "No New Apple II's"
Message-ID: <1990Oct29.142506.19533@utstat.uucp>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 90 14:25:06 GMT
References: <mnetor!utzoo!utdoe!generic!pnet91!ronl@UUNET.UU.NET> <9010261529.AA10266@apple.com>
Organization: Statistics, U. of Toronto

In article <9010261529.AA10266@apple.com> MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU writes:
>I THINK IT'S TIME START A LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh no, not another one! Why waste the paper? I would suggest that users
who feel strongly on this issue investigate computer companies other than
Apple. Perhaps turning comp.sys.apple2 into an informed information source
for AppleII() users' other options might be something to think about. The
writing is on the wall. Stay with Apple and you lock yourselves into their
way of thinking. Clearly, their way of thinking does not appeal to you and
many others! May I suggest that you think twice before putting your trust
in a single sourced vendor next time?

Apple makes very nice products. There is a price to pay for joining that
club. You lock yourself into a very proprietary company. As far as I know,
the Intel world and to a certain extent the Unix world are the closest
things you are going to find when it comes to open systems. The sad truth
is that the MS-DOS,etc...is the open system available today that is in
wide use. People's software investments are safe there. It isn't clear what
Apple will do to GS owners. Maybe it will all turn out ok. But it won't be
because of a letter campaign. It will be because Apple sees itself losing
the confidence of its users. That does not yet appear to be th case.

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
[my opinions]

