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From: prl3546@tahoma.UUCP (Philip R. Lindberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Call A.P.P.L.E. (was - something about 3.5" drives)
Message-ID: <744@tahoma.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 89 19:21:08 GMT
References: <8910070449.AA12773@trout.nosc.mil>
Organization: The Boeing Co., BCA FSL, Seattle, WA
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From article <8910070449.AA12773@trout.nosc.mil>, by lvirden@pro-tcc.UUCP (Larry Virden):
> Network Comment: to #678 by dale@pro-colony.cts.com
> 
> Call Apple no longer provides group sales of hardware, software or books.
> And I cannot determine what happened to their public domain software library.
> -- 
> Larry W. Virden

This is not entirely correct.  Tech Alliance (owner of CALL A.P.P.L.E.)
says that it will continue to take orders for items still in stock.  The
future of the public domain s/w library is up in the air, but it looks like
it will go to the sig groups, (ie. IIgs lib. to IIgs sig group.)  If this
is the case, and anyone wants some thing from the library, let me know and
I'll get back to you on how/if you can get it.

Tech Alliance is currently going through some changes.  Partly because of
the "changing world of computing" and partly because of profit losses.  I
believe it will be for the better.  They are moving back to the "core group
of experts interested in getting the most from the machine".  This means a
little smaller (with less extra's) and more good ol' volunteers.

I don't think it is "the beginning of the end", but rather just regrouping.



(note: my only affiliation to Tech Alliance is as a co-op member.)

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