A2 -> The World, The Universe. etc. Reading this post from CSA2, I couldnŐt help but relate it to the above title, as I think it really does relate the world, the universe etc. concerning the Apple II computers and their users in most all respects currently. What do you think? MacProber GS WorldView Editor Subject: Re: Juiced.GS (Volume 4, Issue 3) From: yeo@pigeon.qut.edu.au (Willie Yeo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Date: 30 Nov 1999 21:27:52 GMT Willie Yeo writes ... Tony Ward (tward@XXXXenteract.com) wrote: : Genie's A2 and A2Pro RoundTables were the center of the Apple II : universe for many years. Most major developers had a presence there, : both for support and beta testing. I only can say this : it will be technically correct for those living in the USA and Canada. But unless you can afford the expensive connection fees to Genie from the rest of the world, it is like a "exclusive club" to those that can afford to join/subscribe to it. For one, I am standing on the position that I was BURNT by a X.25 network access bill in a month than was 10 times more than my allowance as a student. Poor students elsewhere in the world can't simply put in the money than to warrant a subscription because of the expensive charges. (THE TRUTH HURTS !) And to those who emphasise on Delphi A2 as the current one, the forums are free, moderated, and access to the file libraries are on a subscription basis. And those on Delphi A2 has to be aware that there are communities beyond Delphi A2 .... and many would not want to pay to be in an "exclusive club" (i.e. access to libraries); and if developers / resellers who wish to target just Delphi A2 members, than they are also losing out the potential market share OUTSIDE of Delphi A2 (Even 1 sale is an income !). And all those on the csa2 as the world access, I can't agree more, but (like everyone else puts it) there are communities beyond csa2 that are living; and csa2 users should learn to exercise constraint on certain issues.