Editorial

[ rarely ever get to give an editorial in the newsletter. Sometimes when I write my weekly Timex column for StarText, I get off on a tangent right at the first, but rarely do I ever just stop and let you know what іs on my mind. l would like to give it a try right now.

I have been reading a number of articles in the past month about Tandy, Dell Computers of Austin, IBM, and Compaq. Everyone seems to be fighting for the lead in the industry which is quite understandable. However, in so doing, they seem to be attempting to put their present computers into the ‘orphan-land’ that wе, as Sinclair and Timex users, are so well acquainted with. I know that our technology expands and that is good for everyone with computers, but why do they insist that everyone be up-to-date with the very latest in technology? I ask this question in light of the fact that all of these companies lose ‘press releases’ months, if not a year or more, ahead of time and then RUSH to get it on the market on time with all of the mistakes to be taken care of at some later date. Why do they find this necessary? Are they afraid that people will stop buying their computers so they “‘invent’ one with the hopes that their R&D departments can produce? What happens to the other computers that are now relegated to the ‘scrap heap’?