Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!mrsvr.UUCP!mrsvr!gow From: gow@sakari.mrceg (Ed Gow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Apple = avarice ?? Message-ID: Date: 25 Sep 90 15:27:57 GMT Sender: news@mrsvr.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: /home/galifrey/gow/.organization Lines: 28 I went looking for Outbound adds in a recent Mac magazine and was dismayed not to find them. I also recently looked at the Mac emulator on the Atari Stacy portable (which is superb beyond my wildest expecatations). The fact is that I don't have $7 grand for a Mac portable. This morning I saw this on the net: >NO MORE ROM-MATES. Not to be outdone by IBM, Apple Computer first bought >Outbound's laptop technology and licensed it back to the Colorado >lap-Mac maker, and now they've deliberately shut down the legal suppy >of Mac ROMs for these and other machines. > As of September 15, Apple stopped selling Mac ROMs to anyone, unless they >are in exchange for a "broken" set. Previously, Apple dealers and service >centers could buy as many ROMs as they liked at $120 per set, but too many >were ending up in Outbounds and in Mac emulators for other computers." My question is this, how does the Mac buying public feel about this sort of business practice? Personally I feel like, to put it bluntly, they've been bending us over and now they're sticking it to us. Since there are now many other good GUIs coming out (in spite of Apple lawyers' best efforts) can they afford this? -Ed -- ------ Ed Gow ------ uwm!mrsvr!gemed!sakari!gow ----------- My opinions are NOT those of GE. MGB - The most fun you can have in a car without a back seat