Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcnc!ecsvax!ranger From: ranger@ecsvax.UUCP (Rick N. Fincher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Apple II forever? Message-ID: <3602@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Jul-87 11:33:35 EDT Article-I.D.: ecsvax.3602 Posted: Tue Jul 28 11:33:35 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jul-87 07:11:41 EDT References: <8707111622.aa01579@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 17 Summary: Apple discontinuing the Apple II, BALONEY... I don't know who starts these silly rumors. There is no way Apple will drop the Apple II at this point. They are making megabucks on the //gs and the //e is still selling well. The education market alone would justify Apple keeping the II around. Corporate executives make decisions based on $$$ alone (well, maybe not only on $$$). If Apple discontinued the II they would be flushing half of their profits. This was why Jobs was forced out. He was trying to kill off the Apple II when it was making 60% of Apple's revenue. People like Del Yocam and Jean-Louis Gasee wouldn't be going to the Apple II product rollouts and trade shows if they weren't interested in the machine. The evangelists at Apple don't make key decisions anyway. They are markting types. It is there job to promote the products and give the company feedback from the users. Even if they say to dump the II, the ultimate user feedback, dollars spent on the product, will force Apple to continue with it. Rick Fincher ranger@ecsvax