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Date: Wed, 23-Jan-85 14:23:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 23 14:23:47 1985
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Organization: Storage Technology Corp.  Louisville, CO
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I saved this little item from last year and placed a reminder
in my calendar file to repost it now.  You might read net.rumor
for more info about Exxon Office Systems!

 >  From: robison@eosp1.UUCP
 >  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple
 >  Subject: Re: Apple Macs and C? 
 >  References: <521@eosp1.UUCP>
 >  Date: Sun, 22-Jan-84 23:33:30 MST
 >  Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ

 >  Since it is so much more fun to say "I told you so" in
 >  advance, I want to comment on Dartmouth's gamble again.
 >  Apparently there will soon be lots of a NEW, UNTESTED PRODUCT
 >  (untested by real customers, that is), the McIntosh, on campus
 >  at Dartmouth, for the sucker--excuse me, the students to use.
 >  Apple may pull off a miracle here, but the likely expectation
 >  is for:
 >  	(1) Long delays in delivery, machines not ready when needed.
 >  	(2) A lot of shakedown, hardware for sure and maybe software
 >  	    too, in the first year of widespread use.

 >  I would rather subject my student body to a tried and true technology,
 >  and let someone else try the machines out before I buy them on a large
 >  scale.  Good luck Dartmouth!  You have my sympathy; I'm not sure
 >  I should admire your courage.
 >  				  - Toby Robison
 >  			          decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison
 >  				  or:   allegra!eosp1!robison
 >  				  (maybe: princeton!eosp1!robison)
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It's getting lonely around here...
{ihnp4 hao ucbvax!nbires}!stcvax!lat			Larry Tepper
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