pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic) (09/27/90)
I would like to make everyone aware of an insulting article published in
the Sept. 1990 issue of MacWorld. The article titled 'Verbatim - An
interview with James von Ehr, President and CEO of Altsys Corporation'.
A direct quote from the article (without permission):
MACWORLD> Do you have any comments about the demand for a low-cost machine?
VON EHR> I get tired of people clamoring for a low-cost Mac. I don't want a
toy. If I wanted to program a toy I would work on Amiga or Atari
machines. I want a computer that can do useful work for people at
a low price. People bought lots of Apple IIs in the $1500 price
range ten years ago, so I don't think it's unreasonable to ask
people to pay $2000 today.
Later in the interview:
MACWORLD> What technology should Apple be adding to the Macintosh?
VON EHR> Hardwarewise, we're missing graphics accelerators, but there is
another issue in hardware. DMA is needed to increase the access
speed to the disk. There is a lot of commentary about the need
for multitasking, but that will depend upon the availability of
DMA.
I guess Apple has some catching up to do with the "Toys".
In the same issue there was an article (State of the Mac) where they talked
about Apple IAC (like AREXX only not as good) finally being available when
System 7.0 comes out (1991) but will not be in wide spread use until 1992.
Its amazing what a computer can do when its not a "toy".
I didn' post this to flame apple or start a flame war, just wanted everyone
to know how ignorant and out of touch some CEO's of computer software
companies are with the computer industry.
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