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From: bradn@tekig3.LEN.TEK.COM (Bradford Needham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: TechAlliance?
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Date: 23 Oct 89 20:25:52 GMT
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In article <21082@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> mck@beach.cis.ufl.edu () writes:
>Is anyone a member or have knowledge of TechAlliance, a computer cooperative.
>.... Is it worth it?

I was a member of TechAlliance for 1 year.  I didn't renew.

I wasn't impressed with their catalog prices or selection, and their magazine
articles either bored or offended me.  The final blow was their article on how
to bleed customers through carefully-written license agreements.


Brad Needham
bradn@tekig3.len.tek.com