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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Friday, 23 Mar 1990 14:13:45 EST
From: <DN5@psuvm.psu.edu>
Message-ID: <90082.141345DN5@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: $$$ & THINK Pascal 3.0
References:  <50.260A1150@imagery.FIDONET.ORG>

In article <50.260A1150@imagery.FIDONET.ORG>,
Jim.Spencer@p5.f22.n282.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Spencer) says:
>
> >I called
> >last week to upgrade MPW to 3.0 whatever and the said there is
> >no upgrade path from 2.0.2 you have to buy the whole thing again!
>
>You really want to scream: there was an upgrade path (albeit a very
>expensive one) but it ran out in February!!  Isn't APDA wonderful!

What???!!!  I hadn't heard that there was a deadline on this?  I have
been a VERY loyal MPW user since 2.0.2, even convincing my workplace
that MPW was the developement system of choice.  This, even in the
face of APDA trouble and MacApp incompatabilities (not to mention
the trouble with SADE).

While we do have MPW 3.0 at work, I still have 2.0.2 at home.  I
was going to be upgrading next month when I'll get a contract
which would require MPW 3.0.  Now I don't know what I'll do...

If this is true, they I might just suggest another developement
platform for both my contract and for work (while I can't say
what goes into the student Mac sites, I DO have a voice in the
developement efforts here at Penn State!).  I have heard that
Apple has left early supports in the lurch before, but nothing
in the past has convinced me that this was true.  As a company
Apple has tried to provide upgrades for users whenever possible,
realizing that their developement costs money, and so has to
charge these users for their upgrades.  However, not giving any
break to early supporters of MPW will be the first time I am
convinced that Apple has deserted us.

Could somebody from Apple please respond to this message, or
could somebody post the USnail Mail address of some higher-ups
in APDA so that I could query them directly.

                         D. Jay Newman
                         Programmer/Analyst
                         dn5@psuvm.psu.edu