CompuServe Messages

It's going to be awhile before Apple and IBM produce anything substantial, I grant everyone that, and also that the initial efforts of their joint offering will be high end. But both Apple and IBM have made overtures to the home market (Apple with its Mac Classic and talk of a Mac based CD device to take on CDTV, IBM with its PCjr. and P/S-1). Commodore, to it credit, realizes that their future in any type of business environment hinges on intercompatibility with other systems through networking, etc. My problem is that Commodore seems to like to go it alone in a proprietary manner. IBM has shown with Micro Channel architecture that proprietary persuits can be a dangerous game. Finally, there is no doubt that these new co-operatives will come up with something very cool, probably centering around CD-ROM technology (that way, the disks can't be easily copied). We'll see how Commodore responds..