Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!uci-ics!orion.cf.uci.edu!jstern From: jstern@orion.cf.uci.edu (Jeff Stern) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: applefest - Gassee Guffaw Message-ID: <3026@orion.cf.uci.edu> Date: 28 Sep 89 06:42:18 GMT References: <20256@gryphon.COM> <4048@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Reply-To: jstern@orion.oac.uci.edu (Jeff Stern) Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 21 Great review, Michael: Thanks! In response to the marketing guy at the developers' conference on Sunday saying they're considering moving the II to mom and pop places or Sears, I'm dissapointed. Also, that Apple pleads ignorance of the dealers' pushing the Mac over the II. Assuming he is telling the truth, Apple doesn't take the II seriously. Sears is rinky-dink, and ignorance is disinterest. A while back there was some mention of a possible contest soliciting suggestions for what we would have Apple do with the II, and I was going to suggest that they split into three divisions, Mac, Claris, and II, and let the II people decide, because they'd have the desire, ability, and resources to make those decisions. Now I'm not sure even that would help. Jeff Stern. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: | "But the curves, if they meant anything at jstern@orion.cf.uci.edu | all, included free will... Every morning three CompuServe: | million 'free wills' flowed toward the center 72647.1527@compuserve.com | of the New York megopolis; every evening they | flowed out again- all by 'free will,' and on | a smooth and predictable curve." | -Robert A. Heinlein ("The Year of the Jackpot")