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From: peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple Gets Greedier (LONG and angry)
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Date: 19 Sep 88 11:19:27 GMT
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> Regardless of how complicated the decision is, it all comes down to the
> only choice the consumer has: to buy or not to buy.  As I said this
> decision is just a matter of what you gain in return for what you pay.
> If what you gain is avoiding the enormous cost of replacing all your Macs
> or switching development platforms then it is worth it to pay the price.

We have a steadily growing Mac Lab, presently equipped with Mac SE's only.
That model has gone up substantially and we will now be forced to purchase
what we consider obsolete technology--the Mac Plus. I'm not even convinced
they'll stay around much longer and I for one do not want to buy a machine
that doesn't fit into our present technology base. However, we could barely
afford SE's before, now we seem to be out of luck.

I agree what Apple did isn't illegal or immoral, but it is certainly
extremely frustrating to those of us who are trying to convince
people that Macs have a place on campus. What this decision will do
is slow down our Mac growth, perhaps stop it completely for this year.
Is that what Apple wants?

-- 
Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada B0P1X0 (902)542-2201x121
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