🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.mac
Article #37150

Re: Apple's APDA: G'bye Amateurs & Fans

#37150
From: Fred Hollander
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1989 16:33
32 lines
2017 bytes
In article <19866@coherent.com> dplatt@improper.coherent.com (Dave Platt) writ:
>In article <25145@apple.Apple.COM> mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark Johnson) writes:
>> In article <19791@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Bob Heiney writes:
>> >
>> >I'm very disturbed by the seeming greed of Apple with APDA products.
>> 
>> If you too feel this way, don't post it to the net, but rather send it to
>> the people who set the prices who don't read the net.  Address flames to:
>> 
>>                     APDA@APPLELINK.APPLE.COM
>
>Agreed... but I suggest that non-email letters might be taken more
>seriously.
>
>Here's my advice to those that want to be heard: write a letter to Sue
>Espinosa... she's probably not the person setting the APDA prices and
>policies, but she's the Director of Apple Developer Channels.  Do *not*
>flame in torrents of emotion... it'll devalue your letter.  Instead,
...
>writing style and knowledge that you're someone that Apple should be
>supporting, rather than soaking.  If you have marketed software products
>for the Mac, or are preparing to do so, say so.  If you're unwilling to

I just wanted to add that you should include all software, including
public domain, as they all make the Macintosh a "better place to be".

Fred Hollander
Computer Science Center
Texas Instruments, Inc.
holland%ti-csl@csnet-rela

The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.
Technical Details
Message-ID: <68919@tilde.csc.ti.com>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!killer!pollux!tilde!m2!holland
References: <sXtTiQy00WB3IbtGJS@andrew.cmu.edu> <15740@mimsy.UUCP> <19791@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <25145@apple.Apple.COM> <19866@coherent.com>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!killer!pollux!tilde!m2!holland
From: holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple's APDA: G'bye Amateurs & Fans
Message-ID: <68919@tilde.csc.ti.com>
Date: 2 Feb 89 16:33:13 GMT
References: <sXtTiQy00WB3IbtGJS@andrew.cmu.edu> <15740@mimsy.UUCP> <19791@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <25145@apple.Apple.COM> <19866@coherent.com>
Sender: news@tilde.csc.ti.com
Reply-To: holland@m2.UUCP (Fred Hollander)
Organization: TI Computer Science Center, Dallas
Lines: 32