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Re: "Sparc"intosh???

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From: Edward C Horvath
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1989 18:23
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From article <668@arisia.Xerox.COM>, by fischer@arisia.Xerox.COM (Ronald A. Fischer):
> ...my definition of the moment Apple went stodgy;
> when they required developers to submit in triplicate their genetic
> code and marketing plans for their software to qualify for the
> discount.

That date was certainly prior to April, 1984, when I first applied for
CD status (and got it).  Apple have ALWAYS regarded developers as people who
would create a market for Apple hardware rather than as consumers of same.

Stodgy?  Maybe.  Good business?  Well, when did YOUR sales pass 10^9?

=Ned Horvath=
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