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Article #18319Re: Hypercard - How About New Mac Owner
From: Patrick van Kleef
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1987 10:08
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1987 10:08
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In article <174400045@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >Why is Apple charging the $50 in the first place? I can't imagine they >are going to make lots of money from it. It's far more than distribution >cost. Is it to give dealerships a profit on the thing? Or is it to give >an incentive to people to buy macs (they're getting something for free)? >It sure isn't good PR--rightly or wrongly, most of us have come to expect >to get operating system upgrades from Apple for free, and having to pay >for this one hurts a little. > >And will these things be posted on the BBS? If not, what happens when >Multifinder 1.1 comes out? Another $50? You obviouxly know what the distribution costs are, for a package like HyperCard... C'mon grow up. The $49 barely covers the expenses of disk- and bookreproduction. Never mind 2 or 3 years labour to make HyperCard. And may I call it silly that you describe HyperCard as an OS? "Just checking the walls...." - Basil Fawlty
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcvax!botter!ark!kleef From: kleef@cs.vu.nl (Patrick van Kleef) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Hypercard - How About New Mac Owner Message-ID: <1095@ark.cs.vu.nl> Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 06:08:44 EDT Article-I.D.: ark.1095 Posted: Fri Aug 21 06:08:44 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Aug-87 19:39:04 EDT References: <36@mtunj.ATT.COM> <174400045@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: kleef@cs.vu.nl (Patrick van Kleef) Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam Lines: 23