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Article #7Re: Mac OS X Beta - Warning!
From: W Yu
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:16
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:16
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In article <8pp5gs$dii4n$1@ID-21779.news.cis.dfn.de>, DarkHorse <not@this.com> wrote: > > Of course you will! What did you expect? > <snip> > > > > Andrew > > Isn't the point being made that you are in effect paying twice for the > 'same' thing? Only worse, because the first time you are effectively a > guinea pig for Apple's benefit (although it wouldn't be so bad *if* the > beta fee is deducted off the full release fee which is presumably higher). > In any case, why charge if there's a definite expiry date on the beta? I wouldn't be surprised if Apple provides a series of beta version up to the golden release. I suspect that the $55 we pay has covered the costs for a few updates. Afterall, this is beta 1. If Apple is really good, we might get a discount on the final version... ;) -- Weiyun [Remove the obvious for email replies]
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