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To: Sam Scrutchins who wrote (8862)	2/26/1998 9:55:00 PM
From: Linda Kaplan	Respond to of 213173

Sam, PCQuote is a good example of my problem. I've found something I need to use a computer to do and I can't do it on my Mac. I'd love to have streaming quotes at such a price ($14 plus exchange fees is dirt cheap), assuming it offers all I need: options and all the exchanges. But it only works on a PC. Nice to see our stock going up, anyway. Linda

To: Sam Scrutchins who wrote (8862)	3/1/1998 3:04:00 PM
From: BillHoo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

<<... appears to be a serious weakness of the Mac environment. Perhaps Rhapsody will solve this problem...>> Perhap, Rhapsody will, but I don't think that Mac users should sit on their hands and wait for Apple to make the moves. (I'm speculating that we are talking about lack of platform support from online services.) As a systems support guy, I've talked with Apple reps about software support from third party venders. Their response has been promises to put pressure on vendors whom already support Apple to improve the supports, or make relationships with software vendors who do not already support Macintosh. However, the bottom line is the consumer. Users have to be vocal about what they want and to voice this in volume through requests to the vendors. I've seen this work quite successfully. The video game market in particular. Do you think the makers of Doom and Mech Warrior cared about the Mac? Hey! They already had a strong PC following, why bother with the Macs? It was the consumers who requested Mac versions that got them to port over the software. And it was sales of those versions (don't forget to fill out those product registration cards with your platform checked off in the survey!) that stimulated further development. A friend of mine is really into online gaming particularly a game called Warbirds - something about piloting vintage fighter aircraft and playing against people on the net. He was dissatisfied that there was no Mac version. Although he used both a Mac and PC at home, he preferred the Mac. A well thought letter to his ISP arguing that Mac users were a sizable percentage of their clientelle and a few other people to chime in with threats of cancelling service eventually brought a Mac version to the masses. Keep those cards and letters coming folks! -Bill_H