tsouth@pro-pac.cts.com (System Administrator) (03/15/89)
Re: > Date: 8 Mar 89 10:02:42 GMT > From: Jeff Erickson <pnet01!crash!ames.arc.nasa.gov!claris!krazy> > Organization: Claris Corporation, Mountain View CA > Subject: Re: Disappointed in the IIgs (was: GS/OS and programming standards) > You and I agree on EVERY point. Apple isn't doing diddly-squat about > the IIgs. In response to your request that I talk to people inside > Apple now that I'm (almost) inside Apple myself, I have. I have > screamed by bloody little head off. Other people I work with continue > to scream their bloody little heads off. I have heard Claris's president > screaming at Apple about the GS. Yes, Apple engineers have heard the > complaints, as have Apple Developer Tech Support, Apple management, > Apple sales reps, Apple executives, and Apple marketing types. > After two and a half years, I'm tired of yelling. I'm tired of > actively supporting what I consider to be essentially a lost cause. > Lots of people around here haven't given up, and they are still yelling, > and screaming, and kicking, and bashing heads. > It doesn't appear to be doing much good. > #### -- A very fed up Jeff Erickson I have one simple question: Why? Why does Apple think that upgrading the //gs is a minor thing in comparison to every other project? Keith Rollin mentioned something about selling 1 million //gs's. If so, and we multiply that by a conservative figure of $2,000 per system, we come up with 2 billion is sales. At least a _major_ portion of those sales were to previous ][ owners. It is _very_ likely that these people will buy an upgraded machine. Todd South -- UUCP: {nosc, uunet!cacilj, sdcsvax, hplabs!hp-sdd, sun.COM} ...!crash!pnet01!pro-nsfmat!pro-pac!tsouth ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-nsfmat!pro-pac!tsouth@nosc.MIL INET: tsouth@pro-pac.CTS.COM - BITNET: pro-pac.UUCP!tsouth@PSUVAX1