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From: jwwalker@usceast.UUCP (Jim Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: ResEdit 2.*
Message-ID: <3376@usceast.UUCP>
Date: 5 Aug 90 18:02:02 GMT
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In article <1990Aug4.213220.24200@midway.uchicago.edu> dwal@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Walton) writes:
>ResEdit is _not_ free.  It is sold by APDA (not sure of the price), like any
>of the tools in the MPW Suite.  Putting ResEdit up for anonymous FTP or
>mailing to somebody would be just like putting up MPW or any of the
>MPW compilers.  (I don't think the same is true of MultiFinder, however.)

I don't think price is the issue.  ResEdit 1.2 can be downloaded from
places like CompuServe, and Apple wouldn't allow that if they wanted to
make a profit on ResEdit.  It's true that APDA sells ResEdit 1.2 for $30,
but for the price you also get a manual and sample code for custom pickers
and editors.  I think the issue is simply whether unreleased (beta)
software will be made available to non-developers.
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   Jim Walker  jwwalker@cs.scarolina.edu  76367.2271@compuserve.com