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From: delaney%wnre.aecl.CDN@ean.ubc.ca
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Subject: Thoughts on //gs Sales
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Date: 9 Jul 88 14:25:00 GMT
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While I can't necessarily agree with you on all your comments Todd.  I agree
whole hartedly with the disapproval of the Claris acquisition.  What will
come of this is little more than delaying a good product from reaching the
market.  A few months back we had a message from Claris stating that they
would like to support the // world.  I sent off a note and I must admit I
did get a reply but what more have we head from them?  

The only advantage of the aquisition might be added financial support for
the former STYLEWARE which could help futher development from a tuned in
company.  I like you hope that the APPLE idea that the // series is only
a toy syndrome does not spread.  Like you my apple is not an educational
machine.  I use it at home to write software for VMS systems then transfer
it using KERMIT to the mainframe.  While this is only a small part of what
I do with my GS I can only say I use it much like many others use their
MAC's or (dare I say) IBM-PCs.

Grant