mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com (Morgan Davis) (11/03/88)
I'm against any proposed newsfeed split, even though I don't use my IIe and II+ much anymore. I don't particularly get excited about messages that ask, "I HEARD A RUMOR ABOUT SOME ENHANCEMENT KIT (?) FOR THE IIE COMPUTER". No, really? But, the IIGS does have a IIe in it, more or less. And most of the really high-powered developers these days had their roots in the IIe, and have now gone on to explore the IIGS worlds. These folks can be an asset to the Apple IIe programming community, because, well, they have all the answers. :-) It is amazing that those who are loudest about Apple's lack of support for the Apple II are the ones who are quick to cut off their only remaining information resource. John Sculley wrote in his book _Odyssey_, "Our Macintosh replaced the Lisa, Apple IIgs was designed to replace the earlier Apple IIs. What we do is find ways to give people a growth path--upgrade--to the next product, to the future, not to abandon customers who have bought the now-obsolete product." This admits non-support in a clever sort of way. Apple did give you an upgrade path, so long as you can afford the toll. Some can afford it and have moved on, leaving many others behind with that "now-obsolete product". The worst thing to do is sever communication with those now forging new paths, loaded with a new machine and a knapsack full of experience and knowledge. --Morgan UUCP: crash!pnet01!pro-sol!mdavis ProLine: mdavis@pro-sol ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-sol!mdavis@nosc.mil MCI Mail: 137-6036 INET: mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com APE, BIX: mdavis