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From: chewy@apple.com (Paul Snively)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: C++ available from APDA for $175 :--(
Message-ID: <4709@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 12 Oct 89 20:55:32 GMT
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In article <1483@intercon.com> amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
> In article <4686@internal.Apple.COM>, chewy@apple.com (Paul Snively) 
writes:
> > Luckily (?), MPW 3.1 IS on its way soon, to an APDA near 
> > you.
> 
> YAY!  Now, the question is, will APDA have the gall to charge for the 
update?
> When we called them this spring, they seemed to think they were going 
to...
> 
> That would be *really* annoying.
> 
> --
> Amanda Walker <amanda@intercon.com>
> 
> "Tobacco is the only drug in America that will kill you if it's taken
> as directed." --Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General

Charge for an update from 3.0 to 3.1???  Given APDA's history, I wouldn't 
be surprised, but anything more than documentation and shipping charges 
(i.e. about $30) would be highway robbery; 3.1 has no significant new 
functionality over 3.0.

And what a GREAT quote that is, Amanda. :-)

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