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) -- It's getting lonely around here... {ihnp4 hao ucbvax!nbires}!stcvax!lat Larry Tepper Storage Technology, MD-3T, Louisville, CO 80028 +1 303 673 5435