Re: "official" FSF position on apple

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From: mathew
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 12:07

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mcastle@mcs213d.cs.umr.edu (Michael R Castle) writes:
> Does Apple sell any software (besides the OS)??

PC Exchange, QuickTime, Remote Access, MPW C, C++, Pascal, Lisp, Smalltalk...

If you include Claris, the software subsidiary of Apple, you can count
Hypercard, MacWrite, ClarisWorks, Filemaker Pro, Filemaker Pro for Windows
(yes, WINDOWS), MacDraw Pro, and so on.

> I don't think people buy macs for the OS or the hardware, they buy macs to
> run the _applications_ that run on that machine (and here, I mean apps that 
> have been developed only or first for macs).

I picked a Mac for the hardware, the OS, AND the applications.

mathew

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Subject: Re: "official" FSF position on apple
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