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From: bsherman@ibiza.cs.miami.edu (Bob Sherman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Call A.P.P.L.E.
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Date: 11 Oct 89 05:12:38 GMT
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Despite the fact that Call A.P.P.L.E. is an excellent publication, 
I would suggest that you NOT send any subscription money to them at
this time, as both publications, Call A.P.P.L.E. and Mac Quarterly
are on the selling block, and until we know who will buy them
and what kind of a product they will publish, it is wise to
hang onto your money. The organization is in very bad shape, 
they no longer sell anything, only a handful of people attend their
general meetings, they have dropped (or shortly will) their 800
number, and they are stuck paying rent on a place that is much too
big for their scaled back operations. In fact, they no longer
even talk about user group membership in their renewal material,
but rather just a "magazine" subscription...

Oh yes, I know, they did have a booth at Applefest selling
subscriptions, but right while that was going on, they had someone
else (a former official) walking the floor looking for potential
buyers for the magazine s pthey publish...

I would suggest this means hang onto your money until you
learn more.... The magazines appear to be their only current source
of money and efforts, and that is being done away with. What will
be left?


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