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From: mvk@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
Subject: Re: Your Ultima Quote
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In article <1991May3.173048.8986@techbook.com> tsouth@techbook.com (Todd South) writes:
>Maybe, one of the problems with sales today is marketting.  Most II and
>IIgs users do not see the good programs on the shelves or being demon-
>strated on their machine in the stores.  I can't remember the last
>time I saw a store employee running a game on a IIgs for people to watch
>but they sure as hell are playing those IBM games left and right when

I'd have to agree with this point.  The only programs I've seen demonstrated
at an Apple or software dealer on the GS are ProDOS 8 programs.  There are some
nice 8-bit programs out there, but they hardly show off the capabilities of the
GS.  The dealers seem to think of the GS as a fast IIe.  It's so sad to walk 
into a dealer and see the salesman implying that 6 color HR is the best the
GS can do.

There is money to be made on the GS, but the developers are going to have to
get their products out to the public.

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Michael Kent                                   mvk@itsgw.rpi.edu
McDonnell Douglas                              Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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