Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!mit-eddie!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!ean.ubc.ca!delaney%wnre.aecl.CDN From: delaney%wnre.aecl.CDN@ean.ubc.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Thoughts on //gs Sales Message-ID: <1980*delaney@wnre.aecl.cdn> Date: 9 Jul 88 14:25:00 GMT References: <8807081916.AA13489@crash.cts.com> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 17 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