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Article #43854Re: What do I want to see in the Apple of the 90's?
From: John Nelson
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 17:33
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 17:33
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In article <192@atncpc.UUCP> bruce@atncpc.UUCP (Bruce Henderson) writes: >Just Give up and buy a NeXT..... Let's face it.... There's no one at Apple >[in charge] with any vision at all. All the leadership there is worried >about 1 thing... the bottom line! And that is no way to go about "Changing >the world" or "Giving you the power to Be Your Best" (more like "Giving >Scully $9,000,000.00 a year plus bonuses") Scully and Gasse' only care about >1 thing..... how much $$ they can take from you from the latest incantation of >repackaged MacII hardware/technology..... >So just abandon the "Old boat Anchor" today and start living the >future..... I did!!!!!! I agree with the spirit of the above although it might be a bit on the inflammatory side. It's true that Apple charges a LOT of $$$ for their boxes and provides little in the way of support for the little guy. The NeXT computer *is* the future... unfortunately the future doesn't have the software that I need right now! John T. Nelson UUCP: sun!sundc!potomac!jtn Advanced Decision Systems Internet: jtn@potomac.ads.com 1500 Wilson Blvd #512; Arlington, VA 22209-2401 (703) 243-1611
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!usc!ucsd!ames!zodiac!jtn From: jtn@zodiac.ADS.COM (John Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.next Subject: Re: What do I want to see in the Apple of the 90's? Message-ID: <10078@zodiac.ADS.COM> Date: 14 Dec 89 17:33:05 GMT References: <9986@zodiac.ADS.COM> <192@atncpc.UUCP> Sender: news@zodiac.ADS.COM Reply-To: jtn@ads.com (John Nelson) Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mt. View, CA (415) 960-7300 Lines: 27