[net.micro.mac] A stab from the past

lat@stcvax.UUCP (Larry Tepper) (01/23/85)

I saved this little item from last year and placed a reminder
in my calendar file to repost it now.  You might read net.rumor
for more info about Exxon Office Systems!

> From: robison@eosp1.UUCP
> Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple
> Subject: Re: Apple Macs and C? <at Dartmouth>
> References: <521@eosp1.UUCP>
> Date: Sun, 22-Jan-84 23:33:30 MST
> Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ

> Since it is so much more fun to say "I told you so" in
> advance, I want to comment on Dartmouth's gamble again.
> Apparently there will soon be lots of a NEW, UNTESTED PRODUCT
> (untested by real customers, that is), the McIntosh, on campus
> at Dartmouth, for the sucker--excuse me, the students to use.
> Apple may pull off a miracle here, but the likely expectation
> is for:
> 	(1) Long delays in delivery, machines not ready when needed.
> 	(2) A lot of shakedown, hardware for sure and maybe software
> 	    too, in the first year of widespread use.

> I would rather subject my student body to a tried and true technology,
> and let someone else try the machines out before I buy them on a large
> scale.  Good luck Dartmouth!  You have my sympathy; I'm not sure
> I should admire your courage.
> 				  - Toby Robison
> 			          decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison
> 				  or:   allegra!eosp1!robison
> 				  (maybe: princeton!eosp1!robison)
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